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
Torrevieja salt flats
Odiel Marshes
Wahoo Swamp
Okeechobee Plain wetland region
Loddon Valley floodplain floodplain
Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary mangrove forest
Emajõe-Suursoo Nature Reserve
Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve
Far Ings National Nature Reserve
Matsalu National Park Ramsar site
Baie de Somme wetlands
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (partial)
surface form: Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Lechfeld plain floodplain
Nisqually River estuary tidal wetland
Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve swamp
Maguri Motapung Beel
Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge
Bull Island saltmarshes salt marsh
Sandymount Strand tidal flat
Ría Celestún
Hamun Lake
Tryggelev Nor nature reserve
Nørreballe Nor coastal wetland
Ría Celestún Biosphere Reserve
New Orleans bayou
Eider estuary coastal wetland
Laguna Atascosa
Pajaro River estuary coastal wetland
Ouse Fen
Needingworth Lakes wetland complex
Tra Su Cajuput Forest flooded forest
Estero San José (San José Estuary)
surface form: Estero San José
coastal wetland
Rotonui (Roto Nui) freshwater wetland freshwater wetland
Avon Heathcote Estuary / Ihutai coastal wetland
Cattail Marsh Wetlands
Pistol River estuary coastal wetland
Ria de Aveiro
Cors Caron raised bog
Tram Chim National Park
Bakhawan Eco-Park mangrove forest
Toisnot Swamp swamp
U Minh Ha National Park
Ribble Estuary National Nature Reserve
Hodbarrow Lagoon
Brno-jih floodplain floodplain
Huacarpay Lagoon high-Andean wetland
Hatfield Chase marshland area
Bellinger River floodplain floodplain
Merino Slough Nature Area wetland area
Saco Bay Wildlife Management Area coastal habitat