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It is difficult to model wetlands\u2019 CH4 emissions because of several factors, including its spatial heterogeneity on a large range of scales. In this study, we investigate the impact of model resolution on the simulated wetland methane emission for the Fennoscandinavian Peninsula. This is carried out using a high-resolution wetland map (100 \u00d7 100 m2) and soil carbon map (250 \u00d7 250 m2) in combination with a highly simplified CH4 emission model that is coarsened in five steps from 0.005\u00b0 to 1\u00b0. We find a strong relation between wetland emissions and resolution, which is sensitive, however, to the sub-grid treatment of the wetland fraction. In our setup, soil carbon and soil moisture are positively correlated at a high resolution, with the wetland location leading to increasing CH4 emissions with increasing resolution. Keeping track of the wetland fraction reduces the impact of resolution. However, uncertainties in CH4 emissions remain high because of the large uncertainty in the representation of wetland the area, as demonstrated using the output of the WetChimp intercomparison over our study domain. Because of wetland mapping uncertainties, existing models are unlikely to realistically represent the correlation between soil moisture and soil carbon availability. The correlation is positive in our simplified model but may be different in more complex models depending on their method of representing substrate availability. Therefore, depending on the correlation, CH4 emissions may be over- or underestimated. 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