salt marsh

noun

: flat land subject to overflow by salt water

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Take a kayak trip to the island’s many disparate aquatic ecosystems from salt marshes to the intracoastal waterway. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025 The most common method of lithium extraction involves drilling deep wells in open salt marshes to extract salty groundwater that is saturated with minerals. Nadezhda Kosareva, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 Butterflies collected from the eastern Mediterranean, right in the beginning of the population spike, were carrying pollen from plant species found primarily in semi-arid shrublands, grasslands and salt marshes of northern Arabia and the Middle East. Saugat Bolakhe, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024 Made up of more than 10,000 acres, this National Wildlife Refuge also contains salt marshes and a driftwood bone yard. Judy Garrison, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for salt marsh 

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of salt marsh was before the 12th century

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“Salt marsh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20marsh. Accessed 16 Jan. 2025.

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salt marsh

noun
: flat land that is overflowed by salt water

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