as in wetland
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
the marshes along the coast support a remarkable profusion of plants and animals
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Throughout the marshes and along sandy beaches, visitors will see pelicans wading around piers with their gular pouches full of fish, ospreys, warblers, terns, herons, egrets, black-necked stilts, and roseate spoonbills, which are a vibrant bubblegum-pink color, due to their shrimp diet.
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Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2025
The recycled trees are placed in the wetlands at Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge to help protect the natural marsh and shoreline by reducing wave action and slowing erosion, according to officials.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2025
The group ventured along the South Platte River through open fields and deciduous woodland, near ponds and marshes.
—Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2024
Georgia’s barrier islands, including St. Simons and Jekyll Island, boast diverse landscapes made up of beaches, marshes, dunes, and maritime forests.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2025
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Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2025
The recycled trees are placed in the wetlands at Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge to help protect the natural marsh and shoreline by reducing wave action and slowing erosion, according to officials.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2025
The group ventured along the South Platte River through open fields and deciduous woodland, near ponds and marshes.
—Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2024
Georgia’s barrier islands, including St. Simons and Jekyll Island, boast diverse landscapes made up of beaches, marshes, dunes, and maritime forests.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Marsh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marsh. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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