wetland

Converse of object

• conserve: Migration into undisturbed areas of airfields can be encouraged and ponds and wetlands conserved and repaired.
• drain: To ensure wetlands are not lost or destroyed, regulations stipulate that any wetland drained or filled in must be replaced in kind.
• construct: A new section has been added showing the hazardous zones associated with " constructed wetlands " .
• restore: In 1998 a gift from Miss Gwen Finch enabled Worcestershire Wildlife Trust to restore a wetland on the banks of the Avon.

Adjective modifier

• pantanal: Much of this biodiversity is due to the Amazon basin with its dense tropical rainforests and the Pantanal wetlands.
• coastal: Common Redshank Small numbers were seen on five dates on most coastal wetlands.
• lowland: Several types of lowland wetland are Priority Habitats under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.
• protected: It is Britain's largest protected wetland, having similar status to a national park.
• tropical: Extreme Survivors Discover how plants survive extreme environments from deserts to tropical wetlands.
• nearby: To ensure that the new borehole provides a secure public water supply without damaging nearby wetlands.

Modifies a noun

• habitat: In any event they cannot begin to replace the traditional wetland habitats being lost at such an alarming rate.
• ecosystem: They are important, often dominant elements of many wetland ecosystems, which today are severely threatened by the human activity.
• hydrology: Students and researchers can discover how the observatory monitors wetland hydrology for various places.
• vegetation: Two watercourses make their way to the sea within the area covered by the park creating ribbons of wetland vegetation along their course.
• bird: Donald also monitors wetland bird stocks in the area on behalf of the British Trust for Ornithology.
• reserve: Today's visitors can use two spacious car parks adjacent to a wetlands nature reserve.

Noun used with modifier

• inter-drumlin: Situated in an inter-drumlin wetland this small mesotrophic lake is fringed by a mosaic of notable vegetation communities.
• floodplain: Simulation of the annual water table dynamics of a floodplain wetland, Narborough Bog, UK.
• freshwater: For freshwater wetlands, population pressure is one of the problems.
• mangrove: Mangrove wetlands provide a rich habitat for over 2,000 species of fish, shellfish, invertebrates and plants.