freshwater swamps

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• 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 solids. In other words, the term excludes seawater and brackish water.Freshwater is an… …   Wikipedia

• freshwater marl —    A soft, grayish to white, earthy or powdery, usually impure calcium carbonate precipitated on the bottoms of present day freshwater lakes and ponds largely through the chemical action of algal mats and organic detritus, or forming deposits… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• Swamps of American Samoa — This is a list of swamps in American Samoa, categorized by the island to which they are closest.Tutuila*Faimulivai Marsh: This freshwater marsh in Aunu u Crater is the largest such wetland in American Samoa. It was formed from drainage of the low …   Wikipedia

• freshwater crocodile — /frɛʃwɔtə ˈkrɒkədaɪl/ (say freshwawtuh krokuhduyl) noun a small crocodile, Crocodylus johnstoni, inhabiting permanent freshwater areas such as lakes, billabongs and swamps, and less saline upstream areas of rivers and creeks in northern… …  

• List of freshwater ecoregions in Africa and Madagascar — This is a list of freshwater ecoregions in Africa and Madagascar, as identified by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).The WWF divides the Earth s land surface into ecoregions, defined as large area [s] of land or water containing a distinct assemblage …   Wikipedia

• List of freshwater ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean — This is a list of freshwater ecoregions in Latin America and the Caribbean, as identified by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).The WWF divides the Earth s land surface into ecoregions, defined as large area [s] of land or water containing a distinct… …   Wikipedia

• swamp — swampish, adj. /swomp/, n. 1. a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation. v.t. 2. to flood or drench with water or the like. 3. Naut. to sink or fill (a boat) with… …   Universalium

• Blue-billed Duck — Conservation status Near Threatened (I …   Wikipedia

• Morelet's crocodile — at Cotswold Wildlife Park Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Nigeria — Nigerian, adj., n. /nuy jear ee euh/, n. a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 107,129,469; 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Cap.: Abuja. Official name, Federal Republic of… …   Universalium

• Morelet's Crocodile — Taxobox name = Morelet s Crocodile status = LR/lc image width = 230px image caption = Baby Morelet s crocodiles at [http://www.cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk Cotswold Wildlife Park] regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida ordo =… …   Wikipedia