marshier; marshiest
1
: resembling or constituting a marsh
marshy ground
2
: relating to or occurring in marshes
marshy vegetation
marshiness
noun
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Key Moment: Mountain biking across the marshy Okavango Delta for an adventurous group of friends.
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Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2025
Here, the Rufiji River rushes through the marshy floodplains and woodlands, bringing life to the largest park in all of Africa.
—Alexandra Owens, AFAR Media, 10 Feb. 2025
That night, family friends who knew the marshy, heavily wooded area well, headed out to also look for Danni.
—Lauren Clark, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025
The largest barrier island off the coast of Georgia, Cumberland is a 17-mile-long, 36,000-acre swath of pristine beaches, tall dunes, maritime forests, fresh lakes, and marshy canals.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2025
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Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2025
Here, the Rufiji River rushes through the marshy floodplains and woodlands, bringing life to the largest park in all of Africa.
—Alexandra Owens, AFAR Media, 10 Feb. 2025
That night, family friends who knew the marshy, heavily wooded area well, headed out to also look for Danni.
—Lauren Clark, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025
The largest barrier island off the coast of Georgia, Cumberland is a 17-mile-long, 36,000-acre swath of pristine beaches, tall dunes, maritime forests, fresh lakes, and marshy canals.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Marshy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marshy. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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