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How do swamps help earth stay healthy?
These ecosystems pull carbon from the atmosphere and store more of it in plants and soil than do the Earth’s forests. Salt marshes and mangrove forests help protect coastal areas from hurricanes, for example, and other wetlands store flood waters from heavy rainstorms or provide water during droughts.
What are 3 reasons why wetlands are important to ecosystems?
Wetlands are important because they:
- improve water quality.
- provide wildlife habitat.
- maintain ecosystem productivity.
- reduce coastal storm damage.
- provide recreational opportunities.
- improve the water supply.
- provide opportunities for education.
Why do people go to swamps?
Well, swamps serve a very important role in flood protection by storing excess runoff water and often act as a natural water treatment facility, filtering water through its dense vegetation. They prove to be an essential part of our ecosystem housing a variety of vegetation and animals-some endangered.
Why are swamps so important to the environment?
They act like giant sponges or reservoirs. When heavy rains cause flooding, swamps and other wetlands absorb excess water, moderating the effects of flooding. Swamps also protect coastal areas from storm surges that can wash away fragile coastline.
What are the benefits of the mangrove swamps?
For example, the red mangrove tree growing in some mangrove swamps have wound-healing, antibacterial, and antioxidant properties. Other products that can be harvested from swamps include fuelwood, salt, animal fodder, dyes, tannins, etc.
What are the benefits of wetlands to people?
Wetlands and People. Far from being useless, disease-ridden places, wetlands provide values that no other ecosystem can. These include natural water quality improvement, flood protection, shoreline erosion control, opportunities for recreation and aesthetic appreciation and natural products for our use at no cost.
What happens when plants die in a swamp?
When plants die in swamps, the dead vegetative matter settles down at the bottom of the swamp. The anaerobic environment at such depths prevents the complete decay of the plant matter. As more and more vegetation keep accumulating in layers, the lower layers are subjected to pressure.