Download or read book Wetland Classification System for the Tennessee Valley Region written by Virginia Carter and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wetland classification system described in this note was developed in response to local, state, and Federal management needs for wetland information. It is designed to be compatible with the Cowardin (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) system and the system developed by Anderson and colleagues for the U.S. Geological Survey, so as to be of maximum use to large numbers of users. Six wetland classes and 12 subclasses, based on water regime and vegetation characteristics are described for the Tennessee Valley region.