Q: What is the name for an area that is covered in water, or at least has soggy soil, during all or part of the year?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Some of Earth’s freshwater is found in wetlands. A wetland is an area that is covered with water, or at least has very soggy soil, during all or part of the year. Certain species of plants thrive in wetlands, and they are rich ecosystems. Freshwater wetlands are usually found at the edges of steams, rivers, ponds, or lakes. Wetlands can also be found at the edges of seas.

 Choices:

- coastal zone

- a stream

- a crater

- a wetland


A:
a wetland