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[[File:Florida freshwater swamp usgov image.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Everglades]], Florida.]]
[[File:Florida freshwater swamp usgov image.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Everglades]], Florida.]]
A '''swamp''' is a type of [[wetland]] [[ecosystem]]. Swamps are forested, low, spongy land generally saturated with water and covered with trees and aquatic plants.<ref>[http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/fringe/glossary.html Swamp] (from glossary webpage of the [[United States Geological Survey]])</ref> Big parts of swamps are often flooded with water. Swamps are nesting and [[breeding]] grounds for [[bird]]s and other [[animal]]s.
A '''swamp''' is a type of [[wetland]] [[ecosystem]]. Swamps are forested, low, spongy land generally saturated with water and covered with trees and aquatic plants.<ref>[http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/fringe/glossary.html Swamp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610150754/http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/fringe/glossary.html |date=2007-06-10 }} (from glossary webpage of the [[United States Geological Survey]])</ref> Big parts of swamps are often flooded with water. Swamps are nesting and [[breeding]] grounds for [[bird]]s and other [[animal]]s.
The water of a swamp may be [[fresh water]], [[brackish water]], or [[seawater]]. [[Freshwater]] swamps form along large rivers or lakes.<ref name="Hughes, F.M.R. 2003">Hughes, F.M.R. (ed.). 2003. The Flooded Forest: Guidance for policy makers and river managers in Europe on the restoration of floodplain forests. FLOBAR2, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. 96 p.</ref> [[Saltwater]] swamps are found along tropical and subtropical coastlines.
The water of a swamp may be [[fresh water]], [[brackish water]], or [[seawater]]. [[Freshwater]] swamps form along large rivers or lakes.<ref name="Hughes, F.M.R. 2003">Hughes, F.M.R. (ed.). 2003. The Flooded Forest: Guidance for policy makers and river managers in Europe on the restoration of floodplain forests. FLOBAR2, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. 96 p.</ref> [[Saltwater]] swamps are found along tropical and subtropical coastlines.