Wetlands is wet ground that its drainage is of no crop production advantage, it only useful for animals and birds habitation.Whereas wet soils when properly drained enhance upland crop production.
The USA Corps of Engineers has a manual (1987) on identifying and delineating wetlands, lists of hydric soils, hydrophytic plants, and hydrology indicators. The manual goes into substantial detail. Several adjustments for regional conditions have also been developed.
Wet soils do not fully meet the specifics of wetlands as far as soils, plants and hydrology, but may have operational ormproductivity issues. Advice from soil scientists and agronomists may be helpful in deciding what crops or practices are the most logical for the soils, conditions.
A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water either permanently or seasonally such that it takes on the characteristics of a distinct ecosystem. For example pond, river, lake etc.
Wet soil is a temporarily water-logged soil due to rain, flood or irrigation. Wet soils are problem for plants as it deprive the roots from oxygen causing them to to die. However, paddy (Oryza sativa) is a crop which prefers wet soil for its growth and yield.
Wetlands are those areas where the soil is permanently or seasonally having fully saturated or over-saturated condition.
Wet soil: where the soil is permanently or seasonally under-saturated (just wet) or fully saturated but not over saturated.
Are marshes, swamps and wetlands all the same? Did India have any of these ever? The British are fond of their wetlands and say that the earliest inhabitants of the area, mostly East Anglia, had webbed-feet!
Marshes & swamps comes under the definition of wetlands. Wetland ecosystems, including river floodplains, coastal marshes, mangroves and swamps, deliver a wide range of valuable ecosystem services that contribute to human well being. They provide safe water supply, fish and fibre, wildlife habitat, flood regulation and recreation, among many other benefits. Population growth, increasing economical development, and associated land use changes have been primary reasons for degradation and loss of wetlands. Wetland area also has been facing other threats including the increase of excessive nutrient runoff from agriculture and other sources.
The wet lands are known as hyromorphic soils and they are waterlogged during of heavy rains and the water table recedes during the dry season .The wet land is one of underutilised soil resource in Africa and asian countries because they have huge potentials in rice production ,vegetables , fruits such as cucumber ,tomato, okrawhich support food security and this is important in the face of climate change effects with attendant problems of drought and effects on livestock and deficit in water supplies from rivers and water bodies for irrigation .Therfore, i want to suggest a robust soil survey process which will lead to soil evaluation [land capability and suitability studies] that will identify different uses of land including wet lands and many of these countries do not have soil maps characterising their soil resources .this isa c larion call to all goverment and private agencies to fund soil research in utilisation of wet lands because it holds promise for sustainable agriculture to provide food for local consumption and export to boost economies and maintain raw materils for agro allied industries
As the name suggests, "Wetlands" are the bigger and wetter areas/lands where water is physically visible over land and that are used as habitat for wildlife. On the other hand wet soil is and agricultural term which reflects the wetness/dryness of soil for plant growth.
A wetland is any land covered by water -salt or fresh. It could be marshes or pond. Soil covered under the wetland is wet soil.This is because it is saturated or partially saturated with moisture
Wetland can be used for Root zone treatment technology for removal of pollutants from wastewater. If you are interested refer the following paper - it's the actual study made by us
Kindly refer the detailed research paper available in research gate.net
PROF.K.N.SHETH,SATISH BHAI M.PATEL DARSHAN M. UPADHYAY, Pilot Plant Studies on Vertical Flow Root Zone Treatment System ,Journal of Engineering and Technology Sardar Patel University, 16 Sept 2003,ISSN O970-3500.pp1-9
Can we say , wetland is a permanent soil condition , while wet soil is a temporary soil condition..?
There are a number of classification systems for wetlands (https://www.epa.gov/wetlands/wetlands-classification-and-types#marshes). Poorly drained soils and/or areas with naturally elevated water tables are commonly areas of wetland.
http://soils4teachers.org/wetlands
https://www.epa.gov/wetlands/what-wetland
The basic distinction between wetland and wet soil is that a wetland is naturally a waterlogged soil with poor or no drainage while a wet soil is a soil that is supplied with water, and this could be an artificially watered soil. To that extent, a wet soil could be only temporarily wet whereas a wetland is permanently wet. The suitability of a wet soil for farming purposes is far greater than that of a wetland.
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