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spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
grasses, sedges, and rushes are the plant species most commonly found in marshlands
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Recent Examples of marshland
The plan is to convert 65 flood-prone acres and the lowest quality farmland to tidal marshland similar to what existed a century or more ago, while leaving farming on the rest.
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Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
Photo : Kiawah Island The home overlooks the marshland.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 18 July 2024
Kendall-Frost has the only remaining marshland in Mission Bay Park, which was essentially all marshland before it was aggressively dredged after World War II to create what city officials call the world’s largest aquatic park.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024
Flocks of migrating birds use our salt marshlands, inundated with nutrients twice a day, to feed themselves and to rest on their way north.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
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Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
Photo : Kiawah Island The home overlooks the marshland.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 18 July 2024
Kendall-Frost has the only remaining marshland in Mission Bay Park, which was essentially all marshland before it was aggressively dredged after World War II to create what city officials call the world’s largest aquatic park.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024
Flocks of migrating birds use our salt marshlands, inundated with nutrients twice a day, to feed themselves and to rest on their way north.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marshland
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This education and research site has several trails that pass through wetlands, forests, marshes, and bogs (including one for pitcher plants).Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
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The wetland is a patchwork of swamps, bogs, marshes and open water surrounding two rivers – designated as one of three nationally significant sites in the government’s wetlands restoration program.Jessie Yeung, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
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Long before downtown Elm Grove was developed, Underwood Creek was in its natural state as a long, winding channel that took up a lot of space and was surrounded by a wetland, Schindler previously told the Journal Sentinel.Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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This education and research site has several trails that pass through wetlands, forests, marshes, and bogs (including one for pitcher plants).Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
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Best rut stand #4: Hogback ridge flanked by crops and CRP, swamp or similar thick cover on the other side.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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The nightmarish sci-fi thriller features Portman as part of a science group that investigates a Florida swamp where the fauna has been otherworldly transformed.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Marshland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marshland. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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