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A swamp is a wetland that features permanent inundation of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water, generally with a substantial number of hummocks, or dry-land protrusions.
Swamps are generally characterized by very slow-moving waters, often rich in tannins from decaying vegetation.
Swamps are often called bayous in the southeastern United States, especially in the Gulf Coast region.
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  Swamp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A swamp is a wetland that features permanent inundation of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water, generally with a substantial number of hummocks, or dry-land protrusions.
Swamps usually are regarded as including a large amount of woody vegetation.
Swamps are features of areas with very low topographic relief, although they may be surrounded by mountains.
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 Swamp
Swamps usually are regarded as including a large amount of woody vegetation.
The most famous swamps in the United States are the Okefenokee Swamp (home to the cartoon characters of Pogo, by Walt Kelly) and the Great Dismal Swamp.
Swamps are often called bayous in the southeastern United States.
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 Swamp -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
A swamp is a (A low area where the land is saturated with water) wetland that features permanent inundation of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water, generally with a substantial number of hummocks, or dry-land protrusions.
Swamps are generally characterized by very slow-moving waters, often rich in (Any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine) tannins from decaying vegetation.
Swamps are often called (A swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)) bayous in the southeastern United States.
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 Swamp
Cape Verde Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis (1866) The Cape Verde Swamp Warbler (Acrocephalus brevipennis) is an...
Swamp man Swamp man is the title given to a Donald Davidson: Suppose Don goes hiking in the swamp and is struck and kill...
Swamp Sparrow The Swamp Sparrow, Melospiza georgiana, is a medium-sized sparrow.
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 Swamp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
A swamp is a wetland that features permanent inundation of largeareas of land by shallow bodies of water, generally with a substantial number of hummocks, or dry-land protrusions.
Swamps are features of areas with verylow topographic relief, althoughthey may be surrounded by mountains.
Another swamp area, Reelfoot Lake of extremewestern Tennessee, was created by the New Madrid earthquake of 1812.
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 Swamp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Swamps are generally characterized by very slow-moving waters, often rich in tannins from decaying vegetation.
They are usually associated with adjacent rivers or lakes.
Caddo Lake, the Great Dismal and Reelfoot are swamps that are centered around around large lakes.
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 Swamp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Swamps are generally characterized by very slow-moving waters, often rich in tannin s from decaying vegetation.
Swamps are often called Bayou s in the U.S. South Swamps are characterized by rich biodiversity and specialized organisms.
For instance, southeastern U.S. swamps, such as those mentioned above, feature trees such as the Bald cypress and Water tupelo, which are adapted to growing in standing water, and animal s such as the American alligator.
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 Encyclopedia: Swamp
A swamp is a wetland that features permanent inundation of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water vegetated with woody plants (trees and shrubs).
The Sudd (Arabic sadd, barrier) is a vast swamp formed by the Nile in southern Sudan.
Caddo Lake is a 25,400 acre (103 km²) lake and wetland located on the border between Texas and Louisiana, in northern Harrison County and southern Marion County in Texas and western Caddo Parish in Louisiana.
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 Swamp
A swamp is a wetland that features temporary or permanent inundation of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water, generally with a substantial number of hummocks, or dry-land protrusions, and covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation.
Swamps were historically often drained to provide additional land for agriculture, and to reduce the threat of diseases born by swamp insects and similar animals.
This practice of swamp draining is nowadays seen as a destruction of a very valuable ecological habitat type of which large tracts have already disappeared in many countries.
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 Vasyugan Swamp - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
The swamp is located in the Tomsk Oblast of the Russian Federation along the left bank of the Ob River.
The swamp is a major reservoir of fresh water for the region and several rivers find their sources there.
The swamp is home to a number of endangered species which is a concern among local environmentalists as the production of oil and gas has become a major industry in the region.
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 de Sumpf A freshwater swamp A freshwater swamp A swamp is...
de:Sumpf A freshwater swamp A freshwater swamp A "swamp" is a wetland wetland that features permanent inundation of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water, generally with a substantial number of hummocks, or dry-land protrusions.
Swamps are generally characterized by very slow-moving waters, often rich in tannin tannins from decaying vegetation.
Swamps are often called "Bayous" in the U.S. South U.S. South Swamps are characterized by rich biodiversity and specialized organisms.
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 Plain - The shape of the land, Forces and changes, Spotlight on famous forms
From the east they are release from the clawing of swamp and tangle and human density.
From the west they are a drop and a straightening after the kinks and strains of mountains.
The Vasyugan Swamp, in the center of the plain, covers 18,500 square miles (47,915 square kilometers).
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 WITA'2001
In 2000 year we have made of geobotanical observation of forest-mire boundaries along the south edges of Great Vasyugan Bog (subtaiga) and in Samotlor forest-bog complex (middle taiga) to test the first part of that idea.
South edges of Great Vasyugan Bog were formed by two main types of vegetation community series.
It is a sequence of forest and open swamp communities: rjam, birch and pine forest on peat, sedge and reed marsh, bushes with grass and sedge and zonal forests.
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 Swamp articles and news from Start Learning Now   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Okefenokee is located in extreme southeastern Georgia (state)Georgia and extends slightly into northeastern Florida.
Another swamp area, Reelfoot Lake of extreme western Tennessee, was created by the New Madrid fault zoneNew Madrid earthquake of 1812.
For instance, southeastern U.S. swamps, such as those mentioned above, feature trees such as the TaxodiumBald cypress and NyssaWater tupelo, which are adapted to growing in standing water, and animals such as the American alligator.
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The Khants living in the area around the Pim River have surroundings which are more diverse (with woods, swamps, lakes, rivers and streams in it), Photo.
In the region around the Vasyugan River, people said that the main God, Torum, used broken branches to show that these were peoples paths, whereas the rest were for spirits and fairies (Kulemzin and Lukina, 1977: 116).
The Khants living in the region around the Kazym River said that sometimes the path through the swamp was not marked in the winter.
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 swamp | TutorGig.co.uk Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Swamp Gas: Products for Learning US and European Geography
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A Perfect Life With a View of the Swamp, by Corporate Risk
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 Swamp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
\nA swamp is a wetland that features permanent inundation of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water, generally with a substantial number of hummocks, or dry-land protrusions.
\n* Bangweulu Swamp, Zambia\n* Okavango Swamp, Botswana\n* Sudd, Sudan
\n* Caddo Lake, United States\n* Great Black Swamp, United States\n* Great Dismal Swamp, United States\n* Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia, United States\n* Reelfoot Lake, United States\n* Big Cypress Swamp, Florida, United States\n* Limberlost, Indiana, United States\n* Honey Island Swamp, Louisiana, United States
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 Workshop in Wengen 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The aim of this work is to clarify location of a boundary between south taiga and#8211; subtaiga subzones and propose a system of indicators on the basis of which the membership to certain subzone is determined.
At the second growth of forest and undergrowth the birch and aspen dominate (spruce, pine and cedar are observed less frequently).
The causes of these threats are both complex and numerous, but include a lack of conservation/ long-term management incentives at the local level, and the lack of sound government policy and enforcement at higher levels.
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 The world's top Swamp Thing websites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Arts / Television / Programs / Science Fiction and Fantasy / S / Swamp Thing
Fansite for the Swamp Thing, with character information, a contributors index, media for downloading and a FAQ.
Full set of annotations for Alan Moore's run of the series.
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 The Butterflies (Rhopalocera) of the Asian part of Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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Mallophaga of the swamp birds of Yakutia, Siberia
Forest and bog phytocoenoses of the eastern Vasyugan River region
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 SCERT / Conferences / ENVIROMIS-2004 / Conference and Workshop Program
Alexeeva M.N., Kozin E.S. «Spatial structure of forest - swamp complexes»
Kolodnikova N.V., Zagorul'ko V.A., Protasov K.T. «Recognition of texture-homogeneous fields in satellite video data of the Vasyugan Bog»
Complex Monitoring of Great Vasyugan Bog: modern state and developement processes research
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