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
  • The trail runs through marsh and wetland areas and is very serene.
    — John Pana, cleveland, 23 June 2020
  • 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
  • The bank then uses the money to build large wetland habitats around the state.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2021
  • 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
  • The short Bluff Trail leads along the eastern side of the wetland, from which hikers can watch birds and get a good dose of nature in the city.
    — oregonlive, 13 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • And that guy walking through wetlands in a white collared shirt?
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
  • 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 hatchling turtles then are on their own to find a lake or wetland and fend for themselves.
    — Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
  • 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 forests and wetlands along the river are filled with animals from snakes to bobcats.
    — Ian James, azcentral, 14 Mar. 2020
  • Circling back toward the north, the plane flew over a wetland called the Ciénega de Santa Clara.
    — Ian James, AZCentral.com, 19 Apr. 2020
  • The thick growth of these plants can actually cause wetlands to dry out.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Although a wetland, the Pantanal is facing its worst drought in 47 years, which has contributed to the spread of the flames.
    — Simone Preissler Iglesias, Bloomberg.com, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Painting scenes of rivers, wetlands, wildlife and other nature topics offers comfort in times of chaos and climate change challenges, said Green.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Enchanting limestone cliffs frame the lake on two sides, and there are wetlands upstream from the lake, but historic buildings — including a lodge — are in disrepair.
    — John Meyer, The Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2025

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