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
Khor Al Beidah coastal wetland
Khor Al Beidah wetlands coastal wetland
Chenier Plain wetland region
Rocky River estuary coastal wetland
Mersey Estuary SSSI
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
Vendee
surface form: Marais Poitevin
wetland area in western France
Somme Bay
Arafura Swamp
Paliastomi Lake
Burgers' Mangrove indoor mangrove ecosystem
Chilika Lake
Morava floodplain floodplain
Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge salt marsh habitat
Sculthorpe Moor Nature Reserve
Coskata Pond coastal salt pond
Edgartown Great Pond coastal salt pond
Upper Mud Lake wetlands wetland complex
Mulde floodplain near Dessau floodplain
Negombo Lagoon coastal wetland
Ria Formosa Natural Park
Tegeler Fließ valley (nearby)
surface form: Tegeler Fließ valley
Whittier Narrows wetland area
Lake Amboseli (seasonal lakebed)
surface form: Lake Amboseli
Oka River estuary coastal wetland
Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
Blacktoft Sands
Humberhead Levels wetland landscape
Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve
Dead Wood Swamp
Limpopo River estuary
Nieuwkoopse Plassen en De Haeck
Loch Leven National Nature Reserve
Tavira salt pans wetland area
Hellegatsplaten tidal flat area
Soto del Henares riparian habitat
Guérande salt marshes salt marsh complex
Kootenay Flats floodplain
Forsinard
surface form: Flow Country
blanket bog
Wild Duck Lake Wetland
Heron’s Head Park wetlands tidal marsh
Cypress Wetlands
Rano Aroi crater lake
surface form: Rano Aroi
K’ómoks Estuary coastal wetland
Silver Flowe blanket bog
Zapata Swamp Biosphere Reserve
Harnham Water Meadows floodplain meadow
Kent Valley floodplain
Laguna del Tigre National Park
Orbetello Lagoon