Editing Swamp (section)

==Notable examples==
Swamps can be found on all continents except [[Antarctica]].<ref name=Hunter>{{cite book|last=Hunter|first=Malcolm L.|title=Maintaining Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems|url=https://archive.org/details/maintainingbiodi00jrma|url-access=limited|year=1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0521637688|page=[https://archive.org/details/maintainingbiodi00jrma/page/n341 325]}}</ref>

The largest swamp in the world is the Amazon River floodplain, which is particularly significant for its large number of fish and tree species.<ref>Goulding, M. (1980). The Fishes and the Forest: Explorations in Amazonian Natural History. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.</ref><ref>Lowe-McConnell, R. H. (1975). Fish Communities in Tropical Freshwaters: Their Distribution, Ecology and Evolution. London: Longman</ref><ref name="P.A. Keddy 2005">L.H. Fraser and P.A. Keddy (eds.). 2005. The World's Largest Wetlands: Ecology and Conservation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 488 p.</ref>

===Africa===
The [[Sudd]] and the [[Okavango Delta]]<ref name="LiveScience2013Okavango">{{cite news |last=Main |first=Douglas |title=Photos: The Biggest Lions on Earth |publisher=[[Live Science]] |url=https://www.livescience.com/41584-photos-the-biggest-lions-on-earth.html |date=2013-11-26 |access-date=2018-04-18 |archive-date=2018-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418162230/https://www.livescience.com/41584-photos-the-biggest-lions-on-earth.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="SiyabonaAfricaOkavango">{{cite web |publisher=Siyabona Africa |title=Lions of the Okavango |url=http://www.itravelto.com/lions-okavango.html |access-date=2018-04-18 |archive-date=2018-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426223447/http://www.itravelto.com/lions-okavango.html |url-status=live }}</ref> are Africa's best known marshland areas. The [[Bangweulu Floodplains]] make up Africa's largest swamp.

===Asia===
[[File:Marsh Arabs in a mashoof.jpg|thumb|Marsh Arabs poling a ''mashoof'']]
The [[Mesopotamian Marshes]]<ref name="Daoudy1963">{{cite book |last=Daoudy |first=Marwa |title=Le Partage des Eaux entre la Syrie, l'Irak et la Turquie |language=fr |date=2005 |publisher=CNRS |pages=1–269 |isbn=2-271-06290-X |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V6iGAAAAIAAJ |access-date=2016-04-06 |archive-date=2023-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405065812/https://books.google.com/books?id=V6iGAAAAIAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> is a large swamp and river system in southern [[Iraq]], traditionally inhabited in part by the [[Marsh Arabs]].

In Asia, tropical [[peat]] swamps are located in mainland East Asia and Southeast Asia. In Southeast Asia, peatlands are mainly found in low altitude coastal and sub-coastal areas and extend inland for distance more than {{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}} along river valleys and across watersheds. They are mostly to be found on the coasts of East Sumatra, Kalimantan (Central, East, South and West Kalimantan provinces), West Papua, Papua New Guinea, Brunei, Peninsular Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak, Southeast Thailand, and the Philippines (Riley ''et al.'',1996). Indonesia has the largest area of tropical peatland. Of the total {{convert|440000|sqkm|sqmi|abbr=on}} tropical peat swamp, about {{convert|210000|sqkm|sqmi|abbr=on}} are located in Indonesia (Page, 2001; Wahyunto, 2006).

The [[Vasyugan Swamp]] is a large swamp in the western [[Siberia]] area of the [[Russian Federation]]. This is one of the largest swamps in the world, covering an area larger than [[Switzerland]].

===North America===
[[File:Cypresses.jpg|thumb|right|Swamp in southern [[Louisiana]]]]
The [[Atchafalaya Basin|Atchafalaya Swamp]] at the lower end of the Mississippi River is the largest swamp in the [[United States]]. It is an important example of the southern cypress swamp<ref>Conner, W. H. and Buford, M. A. (1998). Southern deepwater swamps. In Southern Forested Wetlands: Ecology and Management, eds. M. G. Messina and W. H. Conner, pp. 261–87. Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishers.</ref> but it has been greatly altered by logging, drainage, and levee construction.<ref>Reuss, M. (1998). Designing the Bayous: The Control of Water in the Atchafalaya Basin 1800–1995. Alexandria, VA: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History.</ref> Other famous swamps in the United States are the forested portions of the [[Everglades]], [[Okefenokee Swamp]], [[Barley Barber Swamp]], [[Great Cypress Swamp]] and the [[Great Dismal Swamp]]. The Okefenokee is located in extreme southeastern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and extends slightly into northeastern [[Florida]]. The [[Great Cypress Swamp]] is mostly in [[Delaware]], but extends into [[Maryland]] on the [[Delmarva Peninsula]]. [[Point Lookout State Park]] on the southern tip of Maryland contains many swamps and marshes. The [[Great Dismal Swamp]] lies in extreme southeastern [[Virginia]] and extreme northeastern [[North Carolina]]. Both are [[National Wildlife Refuge]]s. Another swamp area, [[Reelfoot Lake]] of extreme western [[Tennessee]] and [[Kentucky]], was created by the [[1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes]]. [[Caddo Lake]], the Great Dismal and Reelfoot are swamps centered at large lakes. Swamps are often associated with ''[[bayou]]s'' in the [[southeastern United States]], especially in the [[Gulf of Mexico|Gulf Coast]] region. A [[baygall]] is a type of swamp found in the forest of the Gulf Coast states in the USA.<ref name="Watson (2006)">Watson, Geraldine Ellis (2006) Big Thicket Plant Ecology: An Introduction, Third Edition (Temple Big Thicket Series #5). University of North Texas Press. Denton, Texas. 152 pp. {{ISBN|978-1574412147}}</ref><ref name="LA Dept. W&F">Natural Communities of Louisiana: [https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/assets/Resources/Publications/Natural_Communities_Fact_Sheets/Bayhead_Swamp.pdf Bayhead Swamp/Forested Seep] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703155950/https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/assets/Resources/Publications/Natural_Communities_Fact_Sheets/Bayhead_Swamp.pdf |date=2020-07-03 }}. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Retrieved 7 July 2020.</ref><ref name="Texas P&W">Texas Parks and Wildlife. Ecological Mapping systems of Texas: [https://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/land/programs/landscape-ecology/ems/emst/woody-wetlands-and-riparian/west-gulf-coastal-plain-seepage-swamp-and-baygall West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710060502/https://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/land/programs/landscape-ecology/ems/emst/woody-wetlands-and-riparian/west-gulf-coastal-plain-seepage-swamp-and-baygall |date=2020-07-10 }}. Retrieved 7 July 2020</ref>