Wetlands are standing bodies of freshwater, just like lakes and ponds. however, wetlands are different from lakes and ponds because wetlands have <span>shallow water and emergent vegetation.
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<span>Ocean currents act much like a conveyer belt, transporting warm water and precipitation from the equator toward the poles and cold water from the poles back to the tropics. Thus, currents regulate global climate, helping to counteract the uneven distribution of solar radiation reaching Earth's surface.</span>
