User:Briantin de Montrei/Temporary Mediterranean lagoons

Temporary lagoons are shallow wetlands of small size (usually less than 10 hectares) characterized by alternating soaked and dry periods, and by a very autonomous hydrological functioning. They occupy low or shallow basins submerged for sufficient time intervals to allow the development of aquatic or amphibian vegetation, and of specific animal communities.

These natural environments are characteristic of climates which experience long dry spells, such as regions in Mediterranean climates (around the Mediterranean, the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, in California, in central Chile, in South and in Western Australia) or drier.