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DF2010:Wetland
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A wetland is a type of biome, flooded permanently or only periodically. Generally they have an abundance of foliage, including heavy, specialized tree-growth and a vast ecosystem. The landscape is very flat, with only occasional, small gradients. Ponds are abundant. Wetlands tend to form around oceanic coastlines, especially where rivers meet the ocean.
They generally have a high water table, meaning that an accessible aquifer is only a few tiles below the surface (and in occasionally unlucky circumstances, directly beneath the surface). It can be incredibly difficult to nigh-impossible to extract stones from these areas, making the long-term feasibility of a fort doubtful; it is recommend that an additional, non-saturated biome be selected as well. The stratification is often hard to ascertain, as it is difficult to penetrate the aquifer. Generally there are a few layers of clay and loam followed, eventually, by stone and rock beneath.
Wetlands with saltwater make habitability more precarious, as the aquifer and surrounding ponds are not drinkable. The water first has to be desalinated.
Wetlands are devided in marshes and swamps. The types of wetlands you will find are:
- Temperate freshwater marsh
- Temperate saltwater marsh
- Tropical freshwater marsh
- Tropical saltwater marsh
- Temperate freshwater swamp
- Temperate saltwater swamp
- Tropical freshwater swamp
- Tropical saltwater swamp
- Mangrove swamp
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[edit] Temperate marshes
(both freshwater and saltwater)
[edit] Wildlife
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In temperate marshes appear:
In savage temperate marshes appear:
In evil temperate marshes appear:
[edit] Vermin
In temperate marshes appear:
[edit] Tropical marshes
(both freshwater and saltwater)
[edit] Wildlife
[edit] Creatures
In tropical marshes appear:
In savage tropical marshes appear:
In evil tropical marshes appear:
[edit] Temperate swamps
(both freshwater and saltwater)
[edit] Wildlife
[edit] Creatures
In temperate swamps appear:
In savage temperate swamps appear:
In evil temperate swamps appear:
[edit] Tropical swamps
(freshwater and saltwater, as well as mangrove swamps)
[edit] Wildlife
[edit] Creatures
In tropical swamps appear:
In savage tropical swamps appear:
In evil tropical swamps appear:
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