A swamp is a wetland that features permanent inundation of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water, generally with a substantial number of hummocks, or dry-land protrusions. Swamps usually are regarded as including a large amount of woody vegetation. When a wetland area does not, it is usually termed a marsh.Swamps are generally characterized by very slow-moving waters, often rich in tannins from decaying vegetation. They are usually associated with adjacent rivers or lakes. In some cases, rivers become swamps for a distance. Swamps are features of areas with very low topographic relief, although they may be surrounded by mountains.
The most famous swamps in the United States are the Okefenokee Swamp (home to the cartoon characters of Pogo, by Walt Kelly) and the Great Dismal Swamp . The Okefenokee is located in extreme southeastern Georgia and extends slightly into northeastern Florida. The Great Dismal Swamp lies in extreme southeastern Virginia and extreme northeastern North Carolina. Both are National Wildlife Refuges. Another swamp area, Reelfoot Lake of extreme western TennesseeTennessee ( In Detail) (Full size) State nickname: Volunteer State Other U. States Capital Nashville Largest City Memphis Governor Phil Bredesen Area Total Land Water % water Ranked 36th 109,247 kmē 106,846 kmē 2,400 kmē 2. 2% Population Total ( 2000) Den, was created by the New Madrid earthquake of 1812. Caddo LakeCaddo Lake is a 25,400 acre (103 kmē) lake and wetland located on the border between Texas and Louisiana, in northern Harrison County and southern Marion County in Texas and western Caddo Parish in Louisiana. The lake is named for the Southeastern culture, the Great Dismal and Reelfoot are swamps that are centered around around large lakes. Swamps are often called bayouA bayou (pronounced "by-you" or "by-yoe") is a body of water tributary to a lake or a river. Bayous are usually located in low-lying areas, especially in the Mississippi River delta region of the southern United States. Crawfish, certain species of shrimps in the southeastern United States .
Swamps are characterized by rich biodiversity and specialized organisms. For instance, southeastern U.S. swamps, such as those mentioned above, feature trees such as the Bald cypressTaxodium Bald Cypress forest in a central Mississippi lake : Plantae : Pinophyta :Pinopsida : Pinales : Cupressaceae Taxodium Species Taxodium ascendens Pond Cypress : Taxodium distichum Bald Cypress : Taxodium mucronatum Montezuma Cypress : Taxodium is a and Water tupelo, which are adapted to growing in standing water, and animalSubkingdom Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subkingdom " Agnotozoa" Placozoa Orthonectida Rhombozoa Subkingdom Metazoa "Radiata" Cnidaria Ctenophora (comb jellies) Bilateria Protostomia Acoelomorpha Platyhelminthes (flatworms) Nemertina (ribbon worms) Gastrotris such as the American alligatorThis article refers to the large reptile. For information on the place, see Alligator, Mississippi. Alligators American alligator : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Alligatoridae Alligator Alligator mississippiensis ''Alligator sinensis Allig.
A common species name in biological nomenclature is the Latin palustris, meaning "of the swamp". Examples of this are Quercus palustris ( pin oak) and Thelypteris palustris ( marsh fern ).
1 List of Major Swamps
1.1 Africa
