wetland

C4013
concept

A wetland is a transitional ecosystem between terrestrial and aquatic environments characterized by saturated soils, standing or slow-moving water, and vegetation adapted to waterlogged conditions.

All labels observed (123)

Label Occurrences
wetland canonical 408
coastal wetland 105
Ramsar site 70

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: wetland
Generated description
A wetland is a transitional ecosystem between terrestrial and aquatic environments characterized by saturated soils, standing or slow-moving water, and vegetation adapted to waterlogged conditions.

Instances (908)

Instance Via concept surface
River Drin delta wetland area
Pelican Point Nature Reserve
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Marshes of Bourges (Les Marais de Bourges)
surface form: Marshes of Bourges
urban marshland
Codrington Lagoon National Park
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area riparian habitat
Murnau Moor
Mkata floodplain floodplain
Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge
Alpine Rhine floodplain floodplain
Whittlesey
surface form: Whittlesey Washes
washland
Fivebough
surface form: Fivebough Wetlands
Fivebough and Tuckerbil Wetlands wetland complex
Ratargul Swamp Forest swamp forest
Medmerry nature reserve
Alviso Slough wetland area
San Luis National Wildlife Refuge
Bhaga valley floodplain floodplain
Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch riparian habitat
Po River delta
Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge
Pagham Harbour Ramsar site
Gulf of Urabá wetlands coastal wetland ecosystem
Merced National Wildlife Refuge
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
San Francisquito Creek tidal area tidal wetland
Acheloos River delta coastal wetland
Mesolongi–Aitoliko Lagoons National Park
Moroccan Middle Atlas wetlands wetland complex
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Humbug Marsh Unit
James Bay Lowlands
Uig Sands tidal flat
Missolonghi Lagoon coastal wetland
Attenborough Nature Reserve
Ibiza salt pans (Ses Salines) coastal wetland
Crymlyn Bog lowland wetland
Jones Lake Carolina bay
Singletary Lake Carolina bay
Bay Tree Lake Carolina bay
Tañon Strait Protected Seascape Ramsar site
RSPB Loch of Strathbeg
Morro Bay Estuary
Fish Springs area wetland area
Nakdong Estuary coastal wetland
Upo Wetland (in its basin)
surface form: Upo Wetland
Volga Delta
Grizzly Island wetland area
Canarsie Pol marshland
Rulers Bar Hassock marshy island