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
Vasyugan Swamp peat bog
American Bottoms floodplain
Geum River estuary
Murray River floodplain floodplain
Liujiawan Tidal Flat coastal wetland
Eulsukdo Island (part) wetland area
Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area wetland complex
Daejeo Ecological Park
Yukon Flats floodplain
Deurnsche Peel peat bog
Cosumnes River Preserve
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area wetland area
Soncor sector Ramsar site
Pujsa sector
Salar de Tara y Aguas Calientes sector
Horicon Marsh marsh
Thale Noi Non-Hunting Area
Pearl River estuary (U.S. Gulf Coast) wetland system
Honey Island Swamp swamp
Danube Delta
RSPB Wallasea Island (nearby)
surface form: RSPB Wallasea Island
marshes of Saint-Omer wetland area
Kankakee River floodplain floodplain
Elbe lowlands floodplain
Dajiuhu wetland
surface form: Dajiuhu Wetland
Horicon National Wildlife Refuge
Scorton Creek Marshes salt marsh
Yangtze River floodplain wetlands floodplain wetland system
Fowlmere nature reserve
Satilla River estuary coastal wetland
Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge wetland area
Chat Moss peat bog
surface form: Chat Moss
peat bog
Aiguamolls de l'Empordà Natural Park
Hara forests of Qeshm mangrove forest
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
Beni wetlands tropical floodplain
Sado River estuary coastal wetland
Sado Estuary Nature Reserve
Danube–Wörnitz floodplain floodplain
Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve
Ham Wall RSPB Reserve
Tealham and Tadham Moors grazing marsh
Catcott, Edington and Chilton Moors
Westhay Moor National Nature Reserve
Celery Farm (nature preserve and wetland)
surface form: Celery Farm
Boundary Bay Wildlife Management Area
Burns Bog
George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary
Great Swamp