page_title: Environmental impact of iron ore mining
section_title: Wetlands and flora
hierarchical_section_title: Environmental impact of iron ore mining / Issues / Wetlands and flora
caption_attribution_description: Wolf seen before hunt
context_page_description: The environmental impact of iron ore mining, in all its phases of, from excavation to beneficiation to transportation, may include detrimental effects on air quality, water quality, and biological species.
context_section_description: Some mines require the draining of nearby wetlands for the beneficiation process and the cooling of project machinery, which affects downstream water quality and water quantity, and flora and fauna . Wetlands include bogs, fens, marsh, swamps, and shallow water. Wetlands serve a number of functional purposes in the biosphere such as collecting and storing surface runoff, moderating stream flows, reducing natural flooding and erosion, cleaning and purifying water, recharging groundwater zones, and providing habitats for plants and animals,. Wetlands are being altered from their natural state to support alternative land uses such as agriculture, urbanization, industrial development, and recreation.
caption: Canis lupus in Quebec
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