Assertion: wetland | /r/HasProperty | dry
Facets:
value: during the wet season
type: TEMPORAL
value: during abnormally dry periods
type: TEMPORAL
value: in semiarid west
type: LOCATION
value: in the arid
type: LOCATION
value: at certain times of the year
type: TEMPORAL
value: totally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: It is not uncommon for a wetland to be dry for long portions of the growing season.
text: They are neither totally dry land nor totally underwater; they have characteristics of both.
text: Wetlands can be dry during the dry season and abnormally dry periods during the wet season, but under normal environmental conditions the soils in a wetland will be saturated to the surface or inundated such that the soils become anaerobic, and those conditions will persist through the wet portion of the growing season.
text: Many of these wetlands are seasonal (they are dry one or more seasons every year), and, particularly in the arid and semiarid West, may be wet only periodically.
text: Some wetlands, like vernal pools, are actually dry at certain times of the year.
text: It is not uncommon for a wetland to be dry for long portions of the growing season.
text: Wetlands can be dry during the dry season and abnormally dry periods during the wet season, but under normal environmental conditions the soils in a wetland will be saturated to the surface or inundated such that the soils become anaerobic, and those conditions will persist through the wet portion of the growing season.
text: A wetland may be dry for extended periods, but in general its water table is at or near the land surface long enough each year to support aquatic plants.