salt marsh

noun

: flat land subject to overflow by salt water

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Located right outside of town in neighboring Moss Point, the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve offers 18,000 acres of pine savannas, salt marshes, bays, bayous, and salt pannes to explore. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025 Using the mobile app iNaturalist, participants snapped images of birds, plants, trees and shrubs along the salt marsh section of the creek and uploaded them to the app. Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025 The salt marshes and estuaries are a magnet for migratory birds, whose colorful plumage rivals the blaze of bold leaves. Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025 At Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge, trails wind through salt marshes, shrublands, and forests teeming with migrating birds—from sandpipers and plovers to herons and owls—as well as the occasional New England cottontail rabbit. Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025 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

noun
: flat land that is overflowed by salt water

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