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The Camargue, French: Camarguais or Cheval de Camargue, is a traditional French breed of working horse indigenous to the Camargue area in southern France. Its origins are unknown. For centuries, possibly thousands of years, [4] these small horses have lived wild in the harsh environment of the Camargue marshes and wetlands of the Rhône delta ...
Watershed delineation is the process of identifying the boundary of a watershed, also referred to as a catchment, drainage basin, or river basin. It is an important step in many areas of environmental science, engineering, and management, for example to study flooding, aquatic habitat, or water pollution. The activity of watershed delineation ...
The National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) was established by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to conduct a nationwide inventory of U.S. wetlands to provide biologists and others with information on the distribution and type of wetlands to aid in conservation efforts. To do this, the NWI developed a wetland classification system ...
In 2008, data covering 66,200,000 acres (268,000 km 2) were added to the Wetlands Geodatabase.These included 28,100,000 acres (114,000 km 2) of updated wetland map information, new data for 6,800,000 acres (28,000 km 2) not previously available and 31,300,000 acres (127,000 km 2) of data that were captured in digital format.
Equus ferus caballus. The Gypsy Cob, also known as the Traditional Gypsy Cob, Irish Cob, Romani Cob, Gypsy Horse, or Gypsy Vanner, is a breed of domestic horse from the British Isles. It is a small, solidly-built horse of cob conformation and is usually piebald. It is associated with Irish Travellers and English Romanichal Travellers.
Equus ferus caballus. The Carolina Marsh Tacky or Marsh Tacky is a critically endangered breed of horse, [1] native to South Carolina. It is a member of the Colonial Spanish group of horse breeds, which also include the Florida Cracker Horse and the Banker horse of North Carolina. It is a small horse, well-adapted for use in the lowland swamps ...
A Dalecarlian horse (UK: / ˌdælɪˈkɑːrliən / DAL-ih-KAR-lee-ən, [ 1 ] US: / ˌdɑːl -/ DAHL-) [ 2 ] or Dala horse (Swedish: dalahäst [ˈdɑ̂ːlaˌhɛst] ⓘ) is a traditional carved, painted wooden statue of a horse originating in the Swedish province of Dalarna (Dalecarlia).
55,124 acres (22,308 ha) of wetlands cover 18% of the county's land area. [165] 11,400 acres (4,600 ha) of Door Peninsula Coastal Wetlands are listed under the Ramsar Convention as wetlands of international importance. [166] The listing includes three areas previously recognized as "Wetland Gems". [167]