Category:Swamp

This is a terrain type.

A swamp is a wetland that is forested. Many swamps occur along large rivers where they are critically dependent upon natural water level fluctuations and other swamps occur on the shores of large lakes. Some swamps have hammocks, or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodic inundation. The two main types of swamp are "true" or swamp forests and "transitional" or shrub swamps. In the various realms the word swamp is colloquially used for what is more correctly termed a bog or muskeg.
The water of a swamp may be fresh water, brackish water or seawater. Some of the world's largest swamps are found along major rivers