Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : excess of
The correct answer is excess of. - In wetland farming, the rainfall is in excess of the soil moisture requirement of plants during the rainy season.
- Wetlands are areas where water is the primary factor controlling the environment and the associated plant and animal life.
- They occur where the water table is at or near the surface of the land, or where the land is covered by water.
- Wetlands are defined as: "
- lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic eco-systems where the water table is usually at or near the surface of the land is covered by shallow water".
- They are highly productive ecosystems that provide the world with nearly two-thirds of its fish harvest.
- They play an integral role in the ecology of the watershed.
- The combination of shallow water, high levels of nutrients is ideal for the development of organisms that form the base of the food web and feed many species of fish, amphibians, shellfish, and insects.
- Wetlands' microbes, plants, and wildlife are part of global cycles for water, nitrogen, and sulphur.
- Wetlands store carbon within their plant communities and soil instead of releasing it to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.
- World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on 2nd February.
- This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in Ramsar, Iran.
- 2019 World Wetlands Day Theme- Wetlands and climate change.
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