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EA: WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM
EE: BASIN_SWAMP

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 3
EA label: WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM

Concept definition: A <SWAMP> developed in a topographically defined basin where <WATER> derived locally may be augmented by drainage from other parts of the watershed; basin swamp. Accumulation of well-decomposed peat is shallow (less than 0,5 metre) at the edge but may reach 2 metres at the centre.
 
Reference type: IR
Reference: [ECORC, Wetland Surface Forms, S04]
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