A wetland is land saturated with water, including swamps, marshes, bogs, and fens. Wetlands play important roles in flood control, water purification, and providing habitat. Xixi National Wetland Park in China contains various ponds and lakes within its waterways and has a history of over 1,800 years. The Pantanal in Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay covers 150,000 square kilometers and is home to many species of birds, mammals, fish, and butterflies. Kakadu National Park in Australia features the Yellow Water billabong, which attracts crocodiles and millions of migratory birds annually. Pakistan has over 780,000 wetlands that cover
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2. What is a Wetland?
A wetland is a land containing swamps or a saturated
land.
It has a major role in water purification, flood control
and shoreline availability.
Main types of wetland contain swamps, marshes, bogs
and fens.
5. Xixi National Wetland Park
Xixi National Wetland Park (Chinese: 西溪国家湿地公园
) is a national wetland park in China, located at the west
part of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, a total of 1,150
hectares (2,800 acres).
The park is densely crisscrossed with six main
watercourses, among which scatter various ponds, lakes
and swamps.
XiXi Wetland has a history of more than 1,800 years and an
abundant cultural heritage. It’s the original site of Chinese
South Opera.
it has a traditional Dragon Boat Contest and it contains the
vivid life of a water village, featuring silkworm feeding and
silk production.
7. Pantanal (Brazil, Bolivia and
Paraguay)
The Pantanal is one of the largest and best preserved
wetlands in the world, covering a total area of
150,000km2.
Its complex system of marshlands, floodplains,
lagoons and interconnected drainage lines.
home to over 658 species of birds, 190 mammals, 50
reptiles, 270 fish species and a truly outstanding 1,132
species of butterflies.
9. Camagüey (France)
The Camagüey encompasses the Rhone River delta in
the southeast of France.
Approximately a third of the Camagüey is either lakes
or marshland. It is one of the best places in Europe for
bird watching.
Its brine ponds provide one of the few European
habitats for the greater flamingo. It is also famous for
the Camagüey bull and the Camagüey horse.
11. Wasur National Park, Indonesia
Wasur National Park is a massive wetland region in the
Indonesian province of Papua, on the island of New
Guinea
Wasur National Park plays host to a large number of
rare animals and birds, especially around Rawa Biru
Lake.
There are many water fowl species and migrant birds
here along with cassowaries and wallabies but
Unfortunately the park natural flooded grassland
systems are threatened by the invasion of alien species
such as water hyacinth and mimosa pigra.
13. Kakadu Wetlands, Australia
Kakadu National Park is a diverse park about half the
size of Switzerland located in the Northern Territory
of Australia.
The freshwater and saltwater crocodiles sleep on the
banks of the many rivers and billabongs for most of
the day but can also be seen floating or swimming in
the water.
One of Kakadu’s best known landmarks is the Yellow
Water billabong which is home to crocodiles, wild
horses, buffalo and other wildlife. The billabong also
attracts millions of migratory birds each year.
16. About Pakistan
Pakistan is one of the God gifted countries which
abounds in natural resources. It has an estimated
780,000 of wetlands that cover 9.7% of the total
surface area of the Pakistan. In excess of 225
significant wetlands sites are on record in the
prototype Pakistan Wetlands.
Only 46 of the listed sites have some sort of protected
status like National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries and
Game Reserves, including 15 Ramsar Sites of
international importance. The broader classification
or categories of lakes and wetlands of Pakistan include
Alpine Lakes, Manmade Reservoirs.
18. How Are Wetlands Endangered ?
Conversion of wetlands for commercial development,
drainage schemes, extraction of minerals, overfishing,
tourism, agriculture, toxic pollutants from industrial
waste.
The construction of dams and dikes, often in an
attempt at flood protection, are major threats to
wetlands everywhere.
20. How Can We Save Wetlands ?
We can stop destroying them for building buildings,
houses and malls.
We can start awareing people about the endangered
wetlands.
Wetlands can be protected by passing laws and
promoting programs that help protect existing
wetlands.
We can stop hunting animals in wetlands because the
play a important role in dispersing seeds which can
help the plan to grow.