Much of the land was reclaimed from the river and wetlands by landfill.

Both plants, originating from swamps and wetlands, require moist conditions.

Are you aware that over half of all methane emissions come from wetlands?

More than three billion people, around half the world's population, obtain their basic water needs from inland freshwater wetlands.

The commission should use its planning authority to redirect this proposed development from wetlands to brownfields.

In 2006, this was becoming a source of problems with water runoff from the spring and wetlands flowing into the industrial park.

The shoreline of Sarysu is mainly made up from wetlands and swamps.

In other places, canals have provided a damp lifeline for plants surviving from much earlier wetlands.

However they are generally absent from deserts, dense rainforests and permanent wetlands.

Since the 1950s, over fifty percent of this loss has come from wetlands being transitioned to agricultural lands.