Tag:wetland=wet_meadow

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Description
Semi-wetland meadow Show/edit corresponding data item.
Rendering in OSM Carto area
Natural wetland marsh.png
Group: natural
Used on these elements
should not be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Requires
Useful combination
Status: de factoPage for proposal

A semi-wetland meadow which is saturated with water throughout much of the year. Can be caused by poor drainage or the receipt of large amounts of rainwater or melted snow or in riparian zones.

It is adjacent to wetland=marsh off by this are flooded only periodically.

How to map

Draw the outline area of the area and tag it with natural=wetland + wetland=wet_meadow.

If there is a body of water or other land use within the area, this has to be treated as a Relation:multipolygon like an island.

Rendering

Natural wetland marsh.png

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