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Our approach, involving meticulous image preprocessing, customized network architecture, and iterative training procedures, aims to refine wetland boundary delineation. The algorithm demonstrates strong segmentation results, including a mean pixel accuracy (MPA) of 90.35% and a mean intersection over union (MIOU) of 73.87% across different classes, with a pixel accuracy (PA) of 95.42% and an intersection over union (IOU) of 90.46% for the wetland class. The integration of TIR data with MS imagery not only enriches the feature set for segmentation but also, to some extent, helps address data imbalance issues, contributing to a more refined ecological analysis. This approach, along with the development of a comprehensive dataset that reflects the diversity of wetland environments and advances the utility of remote sensing technologies in ecological monitoring. 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