{"id":5351,"date":"2015-11-17T12:56:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T15:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lac.wetlands.org\/en\/our-position\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T15:27:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T18:27:43","slug":"our-position","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lac.wetlands.org\/en\/wetlands\/our-position\/","title":{"rendered":"What are wetlands?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wetlands form where water meets land. They include mangroves, peatlands and swamps; rivers and lakes, deltas, floodplains and flood forests, rice paddies, and also coral reefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"alignwide\" data-name=\"acf\/block-image-text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"image-text\">\n\t<div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 gap-4 md:grid-cols-2 sm:gap-8 lg:items-center md:gap-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-span-1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"image-text__heading\">Peatlands<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Peatlands are wetlands with a thick layer of moist soil composed of dead or decaying plant material. Peatlands include peatlands and other ecosystem types such as tropical swamp forest peatlands and tundra peatlands. Peatlands account for more than half of the planet&#8217;s wetlands and cover 3% of the total global land area.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"flex flex-wrap items-center gap-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"col-span-1 order-first md:order-first\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/lac.wetlands.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/DSC_4723-credito-Rodolfo-Iturraspe-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lac.wetlands.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/DSC_4723-credito-Rodolfo-Iturraspe-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lac.wetlands.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/DSC_4723-credito-Rodolfo-Iturraspe-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lac.wetlands.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/DSC_4723-credito-Rodolfo-Iturraspe-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lac.wetlands.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/DSC_4723-credito-Rodolfo-Iturraspe-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lac.wetlands.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/DSC_4723-credito-Rodolfo-Iturraspe-2048x1362.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"alignwide\" data-name=\"acf\/block-image-text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"image-text\">\n\t<div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 gap-4 md:grid-cols-2 sm:gap-8 lg:items-center md:gap-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-span-1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"image-text__heading\">Rivers and deltas<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A river is a natural watercourse, often with pure water, that flows into an ocean, lake, sea or other river. Rivers originate from rainfall in the upper watershed and flow to the lower watershed forming streams and creeks. Deltas are found in the low-lying areas reached by rivers where water flows down slowly and disperses into vast expanses of wetlands (such as floodplains) and shallow waters.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"col-span-1 order-first md:order-last\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/lac.wetlands.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Vuelo-1-3-1024x673.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lac.wetlands.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Vuelo-1-3-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lac.wetlands.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Vuelo-1-3-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lac.wetlands.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Vuelo-1-3-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lac.wetlands.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Vuelo-1-3-1536x1010.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lac.wetlands.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Vuelo-1-3-2048x1347.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wetlands form where water meets land. 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