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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
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First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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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.
Kids Definition
salt marsh
noun
: flat land that is overflowed by salt water
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Nglish: Translation of salt marsh for Spanish Speakers
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