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[[File:Salt flats in an inland salt marsh.jpg|thumb|[[Salt flat]]s in an inland salt marsh in [[Quivira National Wildlife Refuge]] in [[Kansas]].]]
An '''inland salt marsh''' is a [[Saline water|saltwater]] marsh located away from the coast which is formed and maintained in areas when [[evapotranspiration ]] exceeds [[precipitation]] and/or when [[sodium]] and [[chloride]] laden [[groundwater]] is released from natural [[brine]] [[aquifer]]s.<ref>William J. Mitsch, James G. Gosselink, Li Zhang, Christopher J. Anderso: Wetland Ecosystems, p. 129; Wiley; (2009) ISBN 047028630X</ref>
 
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