as in marsh
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
Its marshlands store large amounts of carbon, helping to mitigate climate change.
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
Subsidence was also seen at marshlands and lagoons around Northern California's San Francisco and Monterey bays, as well as in the Russian River estuary in Sonoma County, all likely associated with erosion.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
There’s nature education teaching about the maritime forests and marshlands and farm to table dining from the hotel’s garden.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
There is quite a large area of bottomland forest and marshlands year round.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2024
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
Subsidence was also seen at marshlands and lagoons around Northern California's San Francisco and Monterey bays, as well as in the Russian River estuary in Sonoma County, all likely associated with erosion.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
There’s nature education teaching about the maritime forests and marshlands and farm to table dining from the hotel’s garden.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
There is quite a large area of bottomland forest and marshlands year round.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marshland
Noun
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Since the 1950s, Rheem Creek has acted as an important drainage ditch for a community built on what once was a flood plain and tidal marsh.—
Sierra Lopez,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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The new species lives on the ground and is active during the day near agroforestry areas, on the edges of younger forests or close to marshes and slow-flowing streams, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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By Friday afternoon, the 344 fire, as it was dubbed by Florida’s Forest Service, had ravaged more than 26,000 acres but state and local firefighters had managed to contain it to unoccupied wetlands.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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The lead organization on the Baltimore harbor proposal, as an example, is the nonprofit South Baltimore Gateway Partnership, which is already engaged in creating wetlands along the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River to reduce flood risk and filter stormwater.—
Timothy Wheeler,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Mar. 2025
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Enea turned to nature for a solution, planting 38 swamp cypresses (Taxodium distichum), each capable of extracting up to 800 liters of water per day.—
Nel-Olivia Waga,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Herbs are good, if they’re allowed to flower, as are flowers like anise hyssop, purple coneflower and swamp milkweed.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Marshland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marshland. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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