Statistics for Wetlands Quiz

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Description	Wetland	% Correct
A type of wetland with poor soil and high peat content, which occurs where the water is acidic	Bog	86%
A natural region of tropical wetlands in southern Florida, covering 7,800 square miles	Everglades	86%
A type of wetland that is dominated by herbaceous plant species	Marsh	86%
Delta in southern Vietnam, part of a river known for its giant catfish	{Mekong} Delta	64%
The largest delta located entirely within Europe	{Danube} Delta	57%
Like the above but alkaline, and usually contains less peat and more plant life	Fen	50%
A term used in the US to describe an extremely slow-moving stream or river, a marshy lake or a creek whose current reverses daily due to tides	Bayou	36%
The above two are different variations of this type of wetland	Mire	29%
The world's largest tropical wetland area, located in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay	Pantanal	29%
Name for the area between land and a river or stream	{Riparian} zone	29%
Region in southern France located between the two arms of the Rhône delta	Camargue	21%
A large swamp in South Sudan, formed by a section of the White Nile	Sudd	21%
Seasonal pools of water that are characteristic of Mediterranean climates (though they also occur in others)	{Vernal} pool	21%
An inland delta located in Botswana, that appears each year and gradually evaporates	{Okavango} Delta	14%
An area of mangrove swamp formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers	Sundarbans	7%

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