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Wetland vs Jheel - What's the difference?

wetland | jheel |

As nouns the difference between wetland and jheel

is that wetland is land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas while jheel is (india) a pond, marsh, lake or similar wetland area, usually with significant vegetation providing shelter and/or food to a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic animal species.

wetland

English

(wikipedia wetland)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
    • , 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

    jheel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (India) A pond, marsh, lake or similar wetland area, usually with significant vegetation providing shelter and/or food to a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic animal species.

    • References

    * http://usgs.wildlifeinformation.org/S/00Ref/KeywordsContents/J/jheel.htm * http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jheel * http://dict.hinkhoj.com/words/meaning-of-JHEEL-in-hindi.html * http://www.wordnik.com/words/jheel