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What is a Wetland? Poster
A poster with information about the plant life, climate and annual rainfall that characterise a wetland environment.
What is a wetland?
Plant life: aquatic plants (plants that can live under water), mangroves, seaweed, algae and water lilies.
Climate: Temperatures vary greatly depending on the location of the wetland. There are some wetlands near the equator that can get as hot as 50°C and some wetlands in Siberia that can get as cold as -50°C.
Annual rainfall: 180 to 10,000 mm.
National Curriculum Curriculum alignment
- Living things and their habitats
- Living things and their habitats
- Geography
Pupils should extend their knowledge and understanding beyond the local area to include the United Kingdom and Europe, North and South America. This will include the location and characteristics of a range of the world’s most significant human and ...
- Geography
Pupils should extend their knowledge and understanding beyond the local area to include the United Kingdom and Europe, North and South America. This will include the location and characteristics of a range of the world’s most significant human and ...

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