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= Wetlands! =
 * =====**__ What are wetlands- __**Wetlands are areas that are saturated with moisture, either permanently or seasonally. They can be partially or completely covered with a shallow pool of water. Other names for these wet areas are swamps, marshes, and bogs. Wetlands are not only freshwater environments, their pools can also be salty or brackish(slightly salted). These environments have also been described as ecotones, providing a transition between dry lands and wet bodies. They form an intermediate zone between land and water, they are neither one nor the other, but a combination of both. Wetlands have the ability to store and regulate water as well as the ability to sink carbon. It has been the vitim of large scale draining efforts for real estate development and flooding for use as recreational lakes. Wetlands are effective at filtering and cleaning water pollution.=====
 * **How many wetlands are there?** -105.5 million acres of wetlands in the U.S in the year 1977(the size of California)