venue
Type
Sunderland
Where
venue · Nature reserve
Good for
Check before you go
Cost
Plan your visit
Opening times
Open access — check locally for facilities
Location
District 15, Washington, NE38 8LE
Parent hack
Wellies and a change of clothes — the best bits are usually the muddiest.
A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor (anoxic) processes taking place, especially in the soils. Wetlands form a transitional zone between waterbodies and dry lands, and are different from other terrestrial or aquatic ecosystems due to their vegetation's roots having adapted to oxygen-poor waterlogged soils. They are considered among the most biologically diverse of all ecosystems, serving as habitats to a wide range of aquatic and…
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