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 hammocks, or dry-land protrusions, and covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation. A wetland is an area of Land consisting of Soil that is Saturated with Moisture, such as a Swamp, Marsh, or Bog Hammocks are dense stands of Hardwood trees that grow on natural rises of only a few inches higher than surrounding marshland that is otherwise too wet to support them  The water of a swamp may be fresh water or salt water. Freshwater is a word that refers to bodies of water such as Ponds lakes rivers and streams containing low concentrations of dissolved Salts and other Total dissolved A swamp is also generally defined as having no substantial peat deposits. Peat is an accumulation of partially Decayed Vegetation matter. 
In North America, swamps are usually regarded as including a large amount of woody vegetation, but elsewhere this may not necessarily apply, such as in African swamps dominated by papyrus. Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region it refers to the Ground cover provided by plants Papyrus (/pəˈpaɪrəs/ (Rhymes -aɪrəs)is a thick paper-like material produced from the Pith of the papyrus plant Cyperus papyrus By contrast a marsh in North America is a wetland without woody vegetation, or elsewhere, a wetland without woody vegetation which is shallower and has less open water surface than a swamp. In Geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of Wetland which is subject A mire (or quagmire) is a low-lying wetland of deep, soft soil or mud that sinks underfoot.
Swamps are generally characterised by very slow-moving waters. They are usually associated with adjacent rivers or lakes. "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the In some cases, rivers become swamps for a distance. Swamps are features of areas with very low topographic relief, although they may be surrounded by mountains. Topography ( topo-, "place" and graphia, "writing" is the study of Earth 's Surface features or those of Planets
Swamps are characterised by rich biodiversity and specialised organisms such as frogs.  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 animals such as the American alligator. Taxodium distichum ( Baldcypress, Bald Cypress, or Swamp Cypress) is a species of conifer native to the southeastern United The American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, (known colloquially as simply gator) is one of the two living Species of Alligator, a genus A common species name in biological nomenclature is the Latin palustris, meaning "of the swamp". In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Examples of this are Quercus palustris (pin oak) and Thelypteris palustris (marsh fern). There is also the community of Pin Oak West Virginia, USA The Pin oak or Swamp Spanish oak ( Quercus palustris) is an A fern is any one of a group of about 20000 Species of Plants classified in the phylum or division Pteridophyta, also known as Filicophyta
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. Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture Swamps were generally seen as useless and even dangerous. 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.
The Tigris-Euphrates river system is a large swamp and river system in southern Iraq, inhabited in part by the Marsh Arabs. The Tigris-Euphrates river system is part of the Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh Ecoregion of the Middle East, and is characterized by two large For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The Marsh Arabs (عرب الأهوار ˤArab al-Ahwār "Arabs of the Marshlands" also known as the Maˤdān (معدان are inhabitants of the It was partly drained by Saddam Hussein in the 1990s in retaliation against the Shiite tribes' revolt against his dictatorship. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30
The most famous swamps in the United States are the Everglades, Okefenokee Swamp and the Great Dismal Swamp. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Everglades is also the name of a city in Collier County Florida The Okefenokee Swamp is a shallow 438000 Acre (1770 km² Peat -filled wetland straddling the Georgia - Florida border in the United States The Great Dismal Swamp is a marshy area on the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina between Norfolk Virginia, and The Okefenokee is located in extreme southeastern Georgia and extends slightly into northeastern Florida. The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the The Great Dismal Swamp lies in extreme southeastern Virginia and extreme northeastern North Carolina. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States Both are National Wildlife Refuges. National Wildlife Refuge is a designation for certain Protected areas of the United States managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Another swamp area, Reelfoot Lake of extreme western Tennessee, was created by the New Madrid earthquake of 1812. Reelfoot Lake is a shallow natural Lake located in the northwest portion of Tennessee and extending into Fulton County Kentucky, United States of Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. This article is about the seismic zone in southeastern Missouri Caddo Lake, the Great Dismal and Reelfoot are swamps that are centered at large lakes. Caddo Lake (Lac Caddo is a 25400 acre (103 km² Lake and wetland located on the border between Texas and Louisiana, in northern Harrison County Swamps are often called bayous in the southeastern United States, especially in the Gulf Coast region. A bayou (pronounced oʊ or uː is a small slow-moving Stream or creek or a lake or pool ( bayou lake) that lies in an abandoned channel of a stream The US Southeast is the eastern portion of the Southern United States, but the Census Bureau does not provide a standard definition of a "Southeast" region The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is the ninth largest Body of water in the world
A swamp appears in the coat of arms of Gesturi, Italy. A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people Gesturi is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Medio Campidano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 60 km north Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
Bangweulu — 'where the water sky meets the sky' — is one of the world's great wetland systems comprising Lake Bangweulu, the Bangweulu Swamps The Republic of Zambia (ˈzæmbɪə is a Landlocked country in Southern Africa. The Okavango Delta (or Okavango Swamp) in Botswana, is the world's largest inland delta. The Republic of Botswana (Lefatshe la Botswana is a Landlocked nation in Southern Africa. (PLEASE add sections!!! The Sudd ( Arabic سد sadd, "barrier" is a vast Swamp formed by the White Nile, here called the Bahr Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. The Niger Delta, the delta of the Niger River in Nigeria, is a densely populated region sometimes called the Oil Rivers because it was once a Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Asmat Swamp is a Wetland on the southern coast of New Guinea, located within what is now the Indonesian province of Papua. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. The Vasyugan Swamp (Васюганские болота is one of the largest Swamps in the world occupying 53000 km² of western Siberia. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Big Cypress redirects here For other meanings please see Big Cypress (disambiguation Big Cypress National Preserve is a United States The Great Black Swamp, or simply Black Swamp, was a glacially caused Wetland in northwest Ohio, United States, extending The Great Cypress Swamp (also known as Great Pocomoke Swamp, Cypress Swamp, or Big Cypress Swamp) is a freshwater Swamp located on the The Great Dismal Swamp is a marshy area on the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina between Norfolk Virginia, and The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is located in New Jersey primarily in Morris County, but extending into Somerset County as well The Honey Island Swamp (Marais de l'Île-de-Miel is a marshland located in the eastern portion of the U The Limberlost Swamp, parts of which were also known as the Loblolly Marsh, originally existed in Indiana, across 13000 acres (53 km² of Adams County There are many Swamps in Louisiana. For an example Martin Lake is one of them The Okefenokee Swamp is a shallow 438000 Acre (1770 km² Peat -filled wetland straddling the Georgia - Florida border in the United States Reelfoot Lake is a shallow natural Lake located in the northwest portion of Tennessee and extending into Fulton County Kentucky, United States of Everglades is also the name of a city in Collier County Florida Lahuen Ñadi Natural Monument is a protected Wetland area in Los Lagos Region of southern Chile. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the The Pantanal is a tropical Wetland in South America, mostly within the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The Paraná Delta is the delta of the Paraná River in Argentina. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Aquatic plants &mdash also called hydrophytic plants or hydrophytes &mdash are plants that have adapted to living in or on aquatic environments A bog or mire is a Wetland type that accumulates Acidic Peat, a deposit of dead plant material &ndash usually Mosses but also Hydrogen sulfide (or hydrogen sulphide) is the Chemical compound with the formula H 2 S. In Geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of Wetland which is subject Methane is a Chemical compound with the molecular formula. It is the simplest Alkane, and the principal component of Natural gas. Muck is a Soil made up primarily of Humus from drained Swampland It is known as black soil in The Fens of eastern England, where it Peat is an accumulation of partially Decayed Vegetation matter. A salt marsh is a type of Marsh that is a transitional intertidal between land and salty or Brackish water (e The word slough (in British English ˈslaʊ to rhyme with "cow" in American and Canadian English pronounced /ˈsluː/ "slew" has A wetland is an area of Land consisting of Soil that is Saturated with Moisture, such as a Swamp, Marsh, or Bog The will-o'-the-wisp, sometimes will-o'-wisp or ignis fatuus (modern Latin, from ignis ("fire" + fatuus The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. The National Safety Council (NSC is a Nonprofit, Nongovernmental Public service organization dedicated to protecting life and promoting Health