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Essay Archive - Water Biomes
Water Biomes
Marshland is covered with grasses, reeds, sedges, and cattails. These
plants all have their roots in soil covered or saturated with water and its
leaves held above water.Marshes may be freshwater or salt. Freshwater marshes
develop along the shallow edges of lakes and slow-moving rivers, forming when
ponds and lakes become filled with sediment. Salt marshes occur on coastal tidal
flats. Inland salt marshes occupy the edges of lakes. They affect the supply of
nutrients, the movement of water, and the type and deposition of sediment.
Salt marshes are best developed on the Atlantic coasts of North America
and Europe. In eastern North Ame....
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