MICHEL MARTIN, host: Now, we're going to have a conversation about the power of words. The words are undocumented and illegal. In her first opinion on the high court, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor used the term undocumented immigrant to refer to individuals present in the U.S. without proper authorization.
Temperatures and precipitation vary among locations. St. Croix county of the Virgin Islands is classified as a wetland and h as an average mo nthly precipitation of 3.3875 inches and an average monthly temperature of 81 Â°F.
Many of these names are united under the general term mire nowadays, but that still does not specify the basic characteristics of wetlands. A definition for what is a wetland often depends who is asking the question and what development or study is proposed for a particular wetland site. The fact that wetlands may dry out from time to time complicates the attempt to define wetlands in a simple fashion. In fact, some wetlands may be dry more often than they are wet. With applications ranging from urban real estate to scientific nature preserve, a great many points of view may be expressed for proper definitions, classification, and management techniques for wetland environments.