Named wetland, marsh, delta and freshwater lake ecosystems: river deltas such as the Danube and Okavango, marshlands such as the Everglades and the Mesopotamian Marshes, tidal flats such as the Wadden Sea, and standing freshwater such as Lake Baikal. United by fresh or brackish water shaping the ecosystem rather than open ocean or a marine tide.
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According to the WWF, the following are classified as freshwater biomes:
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