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Wetland vs Hydroecology - What's the difference?

wetland | hydroecology |

As nouns the difference between wetland and hydroecology

is that wetland is land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas while hydroecology is the study of support systems in wetlands such as the interactions between water and wildlife habitats.

wetland

English

(wikipedia wetland)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
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    • , author=Nancy Langston , title=The Fraught History of a Watery World , volume=101, issue=1, page=59 , magazine= citation , passage=European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands , lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.}}

    Usage notes

    The plural form is more commonly used.

    Hyponyms

    * bog * fen * marsh * mire * swamp

    hydroecology

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hydro-ecology

    Noun

    (-)
  • the study of support systems in wetlands such as the interactions between water and wildlife habitats

    • References

    * Freewater, P. 2003. Hydro-Ecology - A Framework for Estuarine Research. NSW Coastal Conference proceedings, pp 72-80. * Freewater, P. 2004. Hydro-Ecology: A Framework for Estuarine Research and Management. Doctoral Thesis (Science). University of Technology, Sydney

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    * English words suffixed with -ology