What do wetlands do for the environment?

Answer 1

Wetlands serve a host of important ecosystem functions and are valuable also to human society. Among the important ecosystem functions are that they are high productivity environments and are also often diverse. The high productivity also has important consequences to humans in that they tend to support a large number of consumers many of which have commercial value.

In addition to the commercial and recreational values, other important human society values are:
* Flood and storm buffers
* Pollution filters
* Sediment filters (regarding navigable waterways)

A recent assessment of the monetary value of our natural wetland ecosystems estimated them at US$ 14.9 trillion, fully half of the value of the estimated value of all terrestrial ecosystems, despite the fact that they only account for a small fraction of that total area (see reference below).

Answer 2

Wetlands are aquifers for the environment. In other words, wetlands and marshes are like natural filters which filter dirt and other toxins from the water.

Answer 3

the wetlands are the natural filters of the water systems ,aquatic plants absorb and raise contaminants from the water with their production of foliage
marshes and swamps should be treasured instead of drained we will pay in the end and a lot of places already are

Answer 4

In addition to what has been posted-wetlands are habit for frogs. fish and all the birds, mammals and other creatures that feed on frogs, fish insects and so on&on

Answer 5

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