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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
There’s nature education teaching about the maritime forests and marshlands and farm to table dining from the hotel’s garden.
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Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
There is quite a large area of bottomland forest and marshlands year round.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2024
The construction of small coastal marshland canals would help drain stagnant water caused by regional flooding back out into the nearby Adriatic Sea, said Papathimiu.
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—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
World premiere | Documentary form | Short Film In the marshlands of southern Iraq, Ibrahim feels like a stranger in the world.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
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Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
There is quite a large area of bottomland forest and marshlands year round.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2024
The construction of small coastal marshland canals would help drain stagnant water caused by regional flooding back out into the nearby Adriatic Sea, said Papathimiu.
Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
World premiere | Documentary form | Short Film In the marshlands of southern Iraq, Ibrahim feels like a stranger in the world.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marshland
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Recipe tested by Sarah Brekke, MS Hands On Time: 15 mins Roast Time: 32 mins Total Time: 47 mins Servings: 4 Jump to Nutrition Facts As the name suggests, this seafood boil first bubbled up in South Carolina’s Lowcountry—an area of marshes and waterways along the state’s coast.—
Jessica Saari Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Mar. 2025
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According the commission, the state regulatory agency that oversees the bay, Marin County is facing about $17 billion in expenses to build adaptation projects, such as living shorelines, marshes and potentially seawalls and levees, to protect itself from inundation.—
Adrian Rodriguez,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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Here, visitors will find miles of wetlands as well as expansive prairies covered with wildflowers.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
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In addition to chemists and biologists, the science office also employs physicians, nurses, hydrologists and experts who focus on plants, soils and wetlands.—
Lisa Friedman,
New York Times,
18 Mar. 2025
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Enea turned to nature for a solution, planting 38 swamp cypresses (Taxodium distichum), each capable of extracting up to 800 liters of water per day.—
Nel-Olivia Waga,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Herbs are good, if they’re allowed to flower, as are flowers like anise hyssop, purple coneflower and swamp milkweed.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Marshland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marshland. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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