Callows

Callows (Irish: caladh) are a type of wetland found in Ireland. They are a seasonally flooded grassland ecosystem found on low-lying river floodplains.

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Patrick Deeley's novel The Lost Orchard deals with the protection of "The Callows", a marshy area.

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Generally	Acrotelm Aquatic ecosystem Aquatic plants Backswamp Bayou Beach meadow Blackwater river Blanket bog Bog Bog garden Brackish marsh Callows Carr Cataract bog Ciénega Clean Water Act Clearwater river Coastal bog Coniferous swamp Constructed wetland Converted wetland Dambo Drainage basin Estuary Fen Flark Flood-meadow Flooded grasslands and savannas Freshwater marsh Freshwater swamp forest Grass valley Guelta Halosere Hydrosere Igapó Ings Interdunal wetland Intertidal wetland Karst Kermi bog Kettle Lagg Mangrove Marsh Marsh gas Mere Mire Misse Moorland Muck Mudflat Muskeg Oasis Pakihi Palsa bog Paludification Palustrine wetland Peatland Plateau bog Pocosin Polygonal bog Pond Peat swamp forest Poor fen Pothole Quagmire Raised bog Reed bed Rich fen Riparian zone River delta Salt marsh Salt pannes and pools Shrub swamp Slough String bog Swamp Telmatology Tidal marsh Upland bog Wet meadow Will-o'-the-wisp Várzea forest Vernal pool Whitewater river Yaéré
Classification systems	Wetland classification A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia National Wetlands Inventory Ramsar Convention
Organizations	Bangladesh Haor and Wetland Development Board Delta Waterfowl Foundation Ducks Unlimited Irish Peatland Conservation Council Society of Wetland Scientists Wetlands International Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
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