How to Use wetland in a Sentence

wetland

noun

• And since then, the state has lost about 85 percent of its wetlands.
  — Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
• Fine-scale maps of the world’s forests, grasslands, wetlands and crops.
  — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 3 May 2024
• The footprints were likely made in soft ground at the edge of a wetland.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 23 Sep. 2021
• This has caused iconic lakes and wetlands to dry in many parts of Iran.
  — Sanam Mahoozi, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• The wetland plant is found in shallow marshes and moist soils.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2023
• The wetland is home to hundreds of species of birds and more than 60 kinds of butterflies.
  — Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2022
• At that time, the desert would have been a wetland and a big draw for wildlife and these early settlers.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 11 Oct. 2021
• Hill crouched in the wetland with his hunting bow and waited.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 17 June 2022
• Trees that had been encroaching on the wetlands were felled.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
• The trails wind through native forests, meadows and a wetland.
  — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
• This plant can be found in swamps, wetlands, or hardwood forests.
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2023
• The Upper Newport Bay Preserve takes you around the coastal wetland with views of the bay (eight miles out and back).
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
• To remove the weed, engineers built a seawall and flooded the wetland to drown the grass.
  — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 8 Mar. 2023
• The scouts plan to move out of the site, which lies on a reclaimed wetland on the southwest coast of the peninsula, on Tuesday.
  — Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• Toward the end of the last ice age, the lake began to dry up, and humans briefly occupied the wetland.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Aug. 2022
• The Westlake campus is near a wetlands area, and windows on the north side face a wooded area.
  — cleveland, 17 Aug. 2023
• Today, 5 million acres of wetlands cover 15% of the state.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
• The location where the rail-like ramp stands had been a garbage dump next to a sliver of preserved wetlands.
  — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024
• Vast wetlands have shrunk to thin channels of salty water.
  — Alissa J. Rubin Bryan Denton, New York Times, 29 July 2023
• The thick growth of these plants can actually cause wetlands to dry out.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024
• The group advises anyone near a wetland to keep about 10 feet away from the water.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2021
• In some cases, Fairfax found, beaver wetlands even stopped blazes in their tracks.
  — Ben Goldfarb, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2023
• Paddling in the wetland, Blancas pointed out trees that have grown more than 30 feet in five years.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022
• The trails extend out behind the graveyard and wind through serene wetlands, full of blue herons and red-winged blackbirds.
  — Katy Kelleher, Outside Online, 27 June 2024
• This involved a joy ride across the wetland in Yamane’s boat as chunks of ice flew into the air and Harley huddled close to me for warmth.
  — Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 17 Oct. 2024
• There's some ponds and wetlands that go into the wastewater system.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2024
• If a place has less room to build — due to mountains, wetlands or oceans, for example — each square foot of dirt costs more.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• So is the decision to turn more of the northeastern section of the bay back into wetlands.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
• Mark Davis served as advisor on the report and has worked on wetland issues for 30 years.
  — Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2023
• The expansive wetlands in South Florida have long had a reputation for being rich in biodiversity and brimming with wildlife.
  — Victoria Malloy, TIME, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024