Answer:
It is first important to know that a swamp, is not the same thing as a marsh. A swamp can be distinguished by several features, but most of all, by the type of vegetation surrounding the landscape, and the way that the water, and wetland, looks like, which makes it different from a marsh.
A swamp is a piece of wetland that is characterized by the appearance of thick, and really tall trees, whereas a marsh is characterized by the abundance of tall grass that can conceal the wet earth underneath, and sinkholes. These swamps are usually found near where rivers are, especially those that tend to flood. They are characterized also by stagnant waterholes rich in minerals that do not drain and by the appearance of plantlife near the borders of each waterhole, or waterway, which is not present in marshes.
So if you are ever hiking on wetland, and you see tall trees, and nearby waterways of stagnant water, as well as bushes, and other plantlife, instead of tall grasses, and mud, then you have stepped onto a swamp, and not a marsh.
