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    <th width="80%" rowspan="2" align="left"><h1>What Are Depressional Wetlands?</h1></th>
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    <td width="50%" height="230" valign="top"><p><a style="background-color:#FFFFFF" href="../../images/e_depressional_1000w748h.jpg"><img src="../../../../images/wetlands/e_depressional300w224h.jpg" alt="Depressional Wetland - Sunset Beach area, near Santa Cruz" width="300" height="224" align="left" style="margin-right:20px"/></a>
      
    Depressional wetlands are confined to topographic  basins or hollows that are either too small or too shallow to form lakes or  reservoirs. This is a very large category of wetlands that includes vernal  pools and natural as well as artificial ponds. There  is no minimum or maximum size for depressional wetlands. They often depend on multiple water  sources, including local runoff, groundwater, and direct precipitation. Their  waters can be saline, alkaline, or fresh.</p>
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      <li><strong>Sunset State Beach area, near Santa Cruz </strong><br />
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