Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Built Environment (hierarchy name)
4. Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name)
5. landscapes (environments)
6. natural landscapes
7. bodies of water (natural)
8. bodies of freshwater
9. [bodies of freshwater by biome]

Narrower term/s

• bayous
• backwaters
• bogs[+]
  • peat bogs
• marshes[+]
  • salt marshes
• swamps
• fens
• sloughs
• slews
• intermittent wetlands

Anotations

Scope note:

Large category including areas of land characterized by poor drainage, standing or slowly moving water, and as a result, an almost constant state of water-saturated soil. Wetlands include swamps, marshes, and bogs.