#wetland a low area where the land is saturated with water
supertype: #soil__land__ground material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
subtype: #peat_bog__bog wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel
subtype: #mire__quagmire__morass a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
subtype: #slough.peat_bog a hollow filled with mud
subtype: #marsh__marshland__fen low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
subtype: #swamp low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
subtype: #Okefenokee_Swamp a large swampy area of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia
subtype: #slough.swamp a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
instance: #Everglades
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