Wetlands are everywhere that water and land meets, except the Antarctica. The term wetland covers marshes, swamps, bogs, floodplains and prairie potholes. They are important because they hold water when water levels from rivers and streams are high and release water when those levels are low. Another important function of wetlands is they provide food for fish by releasing vegetation matter. Find out other important wetland facts.

 Bogs & Fens (Peatlands)
 Canadian Wetlands
 Plants
 Swamps & Marshes
 The Everglades
 The Pantanal
 Vernal Ponds & Prairie Potholes
 Vertebrate, Invertebrate, & Wildlife
Alligator Bayou: A Louisiana Wetland
Alligator Bayou: A Louisiana Wetland, By Clay Coleman, Wildlife photos; click for larger version.
http://claycoleman.tripod.com/id155.htm
America's Wetlands
America's Wetlands, US Environmental Protection Agency, Articles with photos; click for closer look.
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/vital/toc.html
Bayou
Bayou, Wikipedia.org, Article with one photo; click to enlarge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayou
Bayou Farewell
Bayou Farewell, By Erik Kancler, October 3, 2005, MotherJones.com, Background information and a Q & A with Mike Tidwell, a Washington Post writer, on what he found when he arrived at the Bayou f
http://motherjones.com/environment/2005/10/bayou-f...
Earth's Skin Types - Histosols
Earth's Skin Types - Histosols Smithsonian Institute View photographs and brief information on organic wetland soils.
http://forces.si.edu/soils/swf/soilorders.html
Inch in a Pinch Habitat Awareness Freshwater Wetlands
Habitat Awareness Freshwater Wetlands, Inchinapinch.com, Let Inch in a Pinch tell you all about freshwater wetlands. For younger students.
http://www.inchinapinch.com/hab_pgs/fr_water/wetla...
Kids Do Ecology - Freshwater Wetlands
Kids Do Ecology - Freshwater Wetlands, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, For younger students.
http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/freshwaterwetlan...
Louisiana wetlands (split into two parts) this is Part One
Louisiana wetlands (split into two parts) this is Part One, Posted by solar783, July 24, 2007, YouTube.com, Video length: 07:06.
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Louisiana's Vanishing Wetlands of Bayous, Lakes and Swamps
Louisiana's Vanishing Wetlands of Bayous, Lakes and Swamps, By Coleen Perilloux Landry, Pbase.com, Visit the web site for photos and descriptions of photos taken from lakes and swamps in Louisian
http://www.pbase.com/septembermorn/lakes_bayous_sw...
New Web Tool Helps Avoid Flooding by Finding the Best Spots to Build Wetlands
New Web Tool Helps Avoid Flooding by Finding the Best Spots to Build Wetlands April 5, 2013, Posted By: Claire Martin, Smithsonian Blog, Article includes photos and a map.
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/04/ne...
Plants and Animals of the Everglades
Plants and Animals of the Everglades, Evergladesplan.org, Photos and descriptions of various plants and animals.
http://www.evergladesplan.org/facts_info/sywtkma_a...
Rising Seas Endanger Wetland Wildlife
Rising Seas Endanger Wetland Wildlife, By Abigail Tucker, Photographs by Lynda Richardson, Smithsonian magazine, July-August 2010, Find out what scientists are doing to protect the Alligator Riv
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/40th...
Seasonal Wetlands
Geography4kids - Seasonal Wetlands Seasonal wetlands are flooded in the winter and begin to dry out in the summer. Visit the web site to learn more.
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/water_wetlands...
The Coastal Wetlands of Texas
The Coastal Wetlands of Texas, Uploaded by sharkarr, Apr 28, 2008, YouTube.com, Video length 05:47.
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
There's A Wrong Way to Save Wetlands
There's A Wrong Way to Save Wetlands, September 3, 2015, Posted by Tim Lucas, Original Study by Duke University, Futurity.org, When restoring coastal wetlands, it’s long been common practice
http://www.futurity.org/grasses-wetlands-restorati...
Wetland in the City
Wetland in the City, By J.R. Blueford, Ph.D., Animations by Doria Raia, Math Science Nucleus, Find out what happened when most species left Tule Ponds at Tyson Lagoon in Freemont California. Wa
http://msnucleus.org/membership/storybooks/wetland...
Wetlands
Wetlands, Hinterland Who's Who, Very good resource for information on Canadian wetlands such as what they are, where they're located. Includes videos, photos, and description of different wetlan
http://www.hww.ca/en/wild-spaces/wetlands.html
Wetlands Biome
Wetlands Biome by Rob Nelson UntamedScience.com Great site! Has maps, videos, and text explaining wetlands.
http://www.untamedscience.com/biology/world-biomes...
Wetlands Biome
Wetlands Biome, Uploaded by robnelsonfilms, Aug 31, 2009, YouTube.com, Video length: 02:55.
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
What are Wetlands?
What are Wetlands?, Uploaded by FLIBOOKER, Sep 13, 2009, YouTube.com, Video length: 04:38.
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
What Lives in a Puddle?
What Lives in a Puddle?, Texas Parks and Wildlife, An activity you can do yourself where you use a milk carton as a viewer to see what lives in a puddle.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/kids/explore/viewer.ph...
What's It Like Where You Live? - Wetlands
What's It Like Where You Live? - Wetlands, Missouri Botanical Gardens, For younger students.
http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/wetlands/index.htm
WWF - The Wonder of Wetlands
The Wonder of Wetlands, WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, Article and photo gallery.
http://www.panda.org/about_our_earth/about_freshwa...