Wetlands

Any land area that is seasonally or permanently saturated or flooded with water. Inland wetlands include aquifers, lakes, rivers, streams, marshes, peat bogs, lagoons, floodplains, and swamps. Coastal wetlands include the entire coastline, mangroves, salt marshes, estuaries, coastal lagoons, seagrass meadows, and coral reefs.

Source: Convention on Wetlands. The Ramsar Convention: What is it about? Ramsar Convention Secretariat
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