Bald cypress trees deciduous conifer, Taxodium distichum, showing high water marks in Atchafalaya Swamp, Louisiana USA

Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) dam on drainage channel in Narew marshes, Podlaskie, Poland. MORE INFO: Beaver activity benefits much other wetland wildlife by helping to maintain high water levels in Poland's ancient marshes and swamp forests.

High Wetlands, Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture

Peat briquettes for private domestic fuel being dried by the inhabitants themselves, Birr, Offaly, Midlands, Ireland, Europe

Boardwalk in the Naturschutzgebiet Dosenmoor nature reserve, regenerating and partially preserved bog, Kreis Neumuenster county, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Saltwort tidal flats, pioneer vegetation, salt marsh vegetation (Salicornia), red in autumn, Norderfriedrichskoog tidal flats, Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Eiderstedt peninsula, North Fries

Oblong-leaved sundew or spoonleaf sundew (Drosera intermedia) in its natural bog habitat, Birr, Offaly, Midlands, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Boardwalk in the Naturschutzgebiet Dosenmoor nature reserve, regenerating and partially preserved bog, Kreis Neumuenster county, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Peat briquettes stacked to dry on piles in front of a peat briquettes factory, near Birr, Offaly, Midlands, Ireland, Europe

Impalas (Aepyceros melampus), herd runs through high grass in swamp area, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Aerial view, flood plain, Rees, Niederrhein region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Colourful sunrise in German floodplain landscape in Brandenburg with high seat at the Nuthe, Luckenwalde, Germany, Europe

Morning atmosphere, moor lake in Loeckermoos, also Loeckernmoos, high moor, nature reserve, Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe

German floodplain landscape in Brandenburg with high seat on the Nuthe, Luckenwalde, Germany, Europe

German floodplain landscape in Brandenburg with high seat on the Nuthe, Luckenwalde, Germany, Europe

Alaska, Aerial of Chugach Mountains and Copper River Delta.