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- Top Term
- constructed wetland
- Definition
- An artificially created system containing pond, marsh and swamp features. The dominant element of the system is the vegetation of the marsh and swamp zones which either requires or can withstand wetting and drying. An artificially-created system often consisting of an inlet zone and vegetated zone that promotes physical, biological and chemical treatment mechanisms for water quality improvement.
- Source
- (toolkit 20091023)
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