| Swamp | |
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 A swamp | |
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Colour |
Green |
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Solid |
Most of this article is copied from Wikipedia. Please try to make it fit more within the style of the wiki!A swamp is a wetland that is forested. Many swamps occur along large rivers, where they are critically dependent upon natural water level fluctuations. Other swamps occur on the shores of large lakes. Some swamps have hammocks, or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation. The two main types of swamp are "true" or swamp forests and "transitional" or shrub swamps. In the boreal regions of Canada, the word swamp is colloquially used for what is more correctly termed a bog or muskeg. The water of a swamp may be fresh water, brackish water or seawater. Swamps occur over time when water and earth mix, and is an oasis to certain kinds of life. Life is generally attributed to have began in a swamp.