| Lewis M. Cowardin - 1994 - 138 pages
...and animais except those that are adapted for life in water or in saturated soil. WETLANDS are lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems...is usually at or ne-ar the surface or the land is covered by shallow water. For purposes of this classification wetlands must have one or more of the... | |
| 1989 - 130 pages
...of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States" (Cowardin, et al. 1979): Wetlands are lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems...table is usually at or near the surface or the land is covered by shallow water. For purposes of this classification wetlands must have one or more of the... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business - 1991 - 1446 pages
...of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States" (Cowardin, et al. 1979): Wetlands are lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems...table is usually at or near the surface or the land is covered by shallow water. For purposes of this classification wetlands must have one or more of the... | |
| United States. Bureau of Reclamation - 1991 - 124 pages
...electric power system for the western part of the continental United States, Canada, and Mexico. Lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems...table is usually at or near the surface or the land is covered by shallow water. Wetlands must have the following three attributes: (1) at least periodically,... | |
| Albert R. Wilson - 1991 - 446 pages
...local and federal regulations. The US Fish and Wildlife Service defines wetlands as: Wetlands are lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems...table is usually at or near the surface or the land is covered by shallow water . . . Wetlands must have one or more of the following three attributes: (1)... | |
| Joseph B. Knox, Ann Foley Scheuring - 1991 - 204 pages
...were characterized by obnoxious odors and lack of marine life. WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS "Wetlands are lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems...table is usually at or near the surface or the land is covered by shallow water" (US Fish and Wildlife Service [Cowardin et al. 1979]). This classification... | |
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