A contaminant transport model for wetlands accounting for distinct residence time bimodality

•A 2-D depth-averaged model is presented accounting for vegetation resistance.•RTDs are analyzed for different vegetation densities in a channelized wetland.•Wetland channelization results in a bimodality of the RTDs.•A parameterization of the RTDs is proposed based on a 1-D 2-domain transport model...

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