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Wetlands Hold Water | Kids’ Science Song

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Follow a raindrop and its tiny leaf boat into a wetland. This gentle science song shows how shallow water, soil, roots and reeds can hold some rain, slow the flow, catch some sediment and support frogs, dragonflies and wading birds.

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Original explanations based on the cited sources.

Wetlands

Wetlands are places where water covers or saturates the ground all year or for part of the year. That wetness shapes the soil, plants and animal life.

Sources

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Song lyrics
कहाँ चली, काले बादल की बूँद? नंगी ढलान पर बारिश संग बहती मिट्टी के कण और पत्ती की नाव लिए नीचे गीली धरती चमक रही उथला पानी, भीगी नरम मिट्टी कभी साल भर, कभी कुछ महीनों तक आर्द्रभूमि कुछ पानी रोकती है और उसका बहाव धीमा करती फिर पानी धीरे धारा तक जाता है इससे आसपास जीवन सँभलता है सरकंडों के बीच बूँद धीमी हुई उथले गड्ढों में पानी फैल गया स्पंज-सी धरती कुछ पानी रोकती है बाकी पानी अब उतना तेज़ नहीं बहता आर्द्रभूमि कुछ पानी रोकती है और उसका बहाव धीमा करती फिर पानी धीरे धारा तक जाता है इससे आसपास जीवन सँभलता है कुछ कीचड़ नीचे बैठ जाता है जड़ें बहते कुछ कण रोक लेती हैं मेंढक और ड्रैगनफ्लाई खाना पाते पक्षी को किनारे आसरा मिलता है आर्द्रभूमि कुछ पानी रोकती है और उसका बहाव धीमा करती फिर पानी धीरे धारा तक जाता है इससे आसपास जीवन सँभलता है पत्ती की नाव आगे बढ़ती है अब जाना: आर्द्रभूमि जीवन सँभालती है
Language version lyrics
Where are you racing, drop from a dark cloud? Down the bare hillside, rain sweeps you along With soil specks and a leaf for a boat A shining wetland waits down below Shallow water soaks the soft ground here All year, or only part of the year A wetland holds some of the rain And slows the rushing flow Water reaches the stream more gently This helps the life nearby Between the reeds, the raindrop slows down It spreads through hollows, shallow and wide Like a sponge, this ground holds some water The rest moves on, but not quite so fast A wetland holds some of the rain And slows the rushing flow Water reaches the stream more gently This helps the life nearby Some swirling mud settles to the bottom Roots catch some specks the water carried Food waits for frog and dragonfly A wading bird shelters near the shore A wetland holds some of the rain And slows the rushing flow Water reaches the stream more gently This helps the life nearby The leafy boat keeps sailing on Now I see: this wetland helps life nearby
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