What is a Wetland? A wetland is a land containing swamps or a saturated

land.

It has a major role in water purification, flood control and shoreline availability.

Main types of wetland contain swamps, marshes, bogs and fens.

Xixi National Wetland Park Xixi National Wetland Park (Chinese: 西溪国家湿地公园

) is a national wetland park in China, located at the west part of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, a total of 1,150 hectares (2,800 acres).

The park is densely crisscrossed with six main watercourses, among which scatter various ponds, lakes and swamps.

XiXi Wetland has a history of more than 1,800 years and an abundant cultural heritage. It’s the original site of Chinese South Opera.

it has a traditional Dragon Boat Contest and it contains the vivid life of a water village, featuring silkworm feeding and silk production.

Pantanal (Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay)

The Pantanal is one of the largest and best preserved wetlands in the world, covering a total area of 150,000km2.

Its complex system of marshlands, floodplains, lagoons and interconnected drainage lines.

home to over 658 species of birds, 190 mammals, 50 reptiles, 270 fish species and a truly outstanding 1,132 species of butterflies.

Camagüey (France) The Camagüey encompasses the Rhone River delta in

the southeast of France.

Approximately a third of the Camagüey is either lakes or marshland. It is one of the best places in Europe for bird watching.

Its brine ponds provide one of the few European habitats for the greater flamingo. It is also famous for the Camagüey bull and the Camagüey horse.

Wasur National Park, Indonesia

Wasur National Park is a massive wetland region in the Indonesian province of Papua, on the island of New Guinea

Wasur National Park plays host to a large number of rare animals and birds, especially around Rawa BiruLake.

There are many water fowl species and migrant birds here along with cassowaries and wallabies but Unfortunately the park natural flooded grassland systems are threatened by the invasion of alien species such as water hyacinth and mimosa pigra.

Kakadu Wetlands, Australia Kakadu National Park is a diverse park about half the

size of Switzerland located in the Northern Territory of Australia.

The freshwater and saltwater crocodiles sleep on the banks of the many rivers and billabongs for most of the day but can also be seen floating or swimming in the water.

One of Kakadu’s best known landmarks is the Yellow Water billabong which is home to crocodiles, wild horses, buffalo and other wildlife. The billabong also attracts millions of migratory birds each year.

About Pakistan Pakistan is one of the God gifted countries which

abounds in natural resources. It has an estimated 780,000 of wetlands that cover 9.7% of the total surface area of the Pakistan. In excess of 225 significant wetlands sites are on record in the prototype Pakistan Wetlands.

Only 46 of the listed sites have some sort of protected status like National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries and Game Reserves, including 15 Ramsar Sites of international importance. The broader classification or categories of lakes and wetlands of Pakistan include Alpine Lakes, Manmade Reservoirs.

Map Showing Wetlands In Pakistan

How Are Wetlands Endangered ?

Conversion of wetlands for commercial development, drainage schemes, extraction of minerals, overfishing, tourism, agriculture, toxic pollutants from industrial waste.

The construction of dams and dikes, often in an attempt at flood protection, are major threats to wetlands everywhere.

Destroyed Wetland

How Can We Save Wetlands ? We can stop destroying them for building buildings,

houses and malls.

We can start awareing people about the endangered wetlands.

Wetlands can be protected by passing laws and promoting programs that help protect existing wetlands.

We can stop hunting animals in wetlands because the play a important role in dispersing seeds which can help the plan to grow.

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Made By: AliZeb

Hussain

Ahmar

From class:

VII-A