Wetlands and what are they -

It is not very easy to define what a wetland actually is. A wetland is neither water nor soil, but a combination of both at the same time. A rough description of a wetland is an area on which water covers the soil, or water is present either at or near the surface of that soil.

There are five main types of wetlands. These include:

• Coasts
• Estuaries
• Floodplains
• Marshes/Swamps
• Shallow Lakes

These different types of wetlands harbor numerous animals and play an important part of the system of life. Wetlands are not only important to millions of migratory birds, fish, amphibians, insects, plants, and trees, but mankind as well.

The most important factors of a wetland are the supply of water that they bring and the prevention of flooding. The misuse, caused from industrial and population growth, is causing the remaining wetland areas to quickly diminish.

There are a few wetlands located in the tri-state region. The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is one of the wetland areas located in this region. The Okefenokee Refuge expands from South Georgia into North Florida. The Okefenokee coves a large area of about 162,635 hectares¹. Another wetland area located in in Florida, and also one of the largest wetlands in the USA, is The Everglades! The Everglades cover about 610,500 hectares¹. Having two major wetland areas in USA located in Georgia and Florida, gives Southern Forestry Realty access to these large resources. Contact our realty team today for more information.

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1. Hectare - is a unit of area equal to 10,000 square metres, or one square hectometre, and commonly used for measuring land area.