as in marsh
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
grasses, sedges, and rushes are the plant species most commonly found in marshlands
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Recent Examples of marshland
First up is a easy, 2.5-mile birding walk on Nov. 13, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., along the Baylands’ sloughs, San Francisquito Creek and the marshlands, a major migratory flyway for birds.
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Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2024
In California, nearly 90 percent of the state’s marshland has vanished.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2024
But for now, hikers can relax among its expansive marshlands or kayak on the Napa River.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024
Maher’s cover, which debuted last month, featured her standing almost defiantly on a dock on Fire Island Beach in Bellport, New York, with blue water and green-yellow marshland behind her.
—Frankie De La Cretaz, Them, 10 Oct. 2024
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Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2024
In California, nearly 90 percent of the state’s marshland has vanished.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2024
But for now, hikers can relax among its expansive marshlands or kayak on the Napa River.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024
Maher’s cover, which debuted last month, featured her standing almost defiantly on a dock on Fire Island Beach in Bellport, New York, with blue water and green-yellow marshland behind her.
—Frankie De La Cretaz, Them, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marshland
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Medaka–aka the Japanese rice fish–are only about 1.4 inches long and can be found in rice paddies, ponds, marshes, quiet streams, and tide pools in Japan.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
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This popular park is known for its diverse landscapes, from bald cypress swamps and maritime forests to tidal marshes.AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 17 Dec. 2024
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Brownfield to wetlands: Pima county officials plan green future for contaminated facility Finally, John Leos visited Tucson to meet with some of the folks who are trying to clean-up a wastewater treatment plant that, for years, filled surrounding areas with a pretty rank odor.Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Adding to its uniqueness, the city winds along the Mississippi River and is surrounded by distinct wetland habitats of swamps, bayous, and marshes.Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
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The footprints took the deputies through a field, a wooded area and then to the edge of a swamp.David Chiu, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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And this is the conundrum that every would be drainer of swamps must face.Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Marshland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marshland. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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