• Classification of wetlands has been a problematical task, with the commonly accepted definition of what constitutes a wetland being among the major difficulties...
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    wetland-dependent non-avian animal species." The Ramsar Classification System for Wetland Type is a wetland classification developed within the Ramsar Convention intended...
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    Fen (category Wetlands)
    large number of wetland classification systems that each define wetlands and wetland types in their own way. However, many classification systems include...
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    A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only...
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  • The Cowardin classification system is a system for classifying wetlands, devised by Lewis M. Cowardin et al. in 1979 for the United States Fish and Wildlife...
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    constitution of Germany." Ramsar classification system Montreux Record – threat classification for wetlands Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award List of international...
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    A constructed wetland is an artificial wetland to treat sewage, greywater, stormwater runoff or industrial wastewater. It may also be designed for land...
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    Canadian Wetland Classification System (CWCS) is based on wetland functions and interrelationships between abiotic and biotic constituents of wetland habitats...
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    shrubs, and emergent plants. Palustrine wetlands are one of five systems of wetlands within the Cowardin classification system. This system was created by...
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  • List of Ramsar sites in Australia Wetland classification Larmour, Geoff (2001). "2. Wetland classification system, Criteria for inclusion and Data presentation"...
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