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
Native to the marshlands of central Wisconsin, Native Americans have harvested cranberries for centuries.
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Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Finding Her Way Home Randy Oates never is able to land on the rockpile and instead sets me, Anya, Zach and Stryker down in marshland on the banks of Lake Patricia, near where Rob Worrell had found Michelle’s crumbling boot in 2021.
—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Once settled, campers can follow the Shoreline Trail from camp to make a loop around Turtle Back Hill, a promontory that juts out into a brackish, intertidal salt marshlands.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
South of the Montna Farms rice fields, and dryer along Highway 99 in Sutter County, lie about 500 acres of seasonal marshland that has participated in wetlands incentive programs with BirdReturns since the program began in 2014.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Finding Her Way Home Randy Oates never is able to land on the rockpile and instead sets me, Anya, Zach and Stryker down in marshland on the banks of Lake Patricia, near where Rob Worrell had found Michelle’s crumbling boot in 2021.
—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Once settled, campers can follow the Shoreline Trail from camp to make a loop around Turtle Back Hill, a promontory that juts out into a brackish, intertidal salt marshlands.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
South of the Montna Farms rice fields, and dryer along Highway 99 in Sutter County, lie about 500 acres of seasonal marshland that has participated in wetlands incentive programs with BirdReturns since the program began in 2014.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marshland
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Wetlands in the area are also home to Everglades snail kites, which hunt for apple snails in freshwater marshes, and other rare species that once inhabited vast wet prairies drained for highways and neighborhoods.—
Jenny Staletovich,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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But most tule marshes in California are now lost to development.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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As part of a biosphere reserve, the river wetlands offer super birdwatching, while Rancho Mil Ecotourism Ranch offers full hookup RV camping and guest cottages.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Okavango Delta is one of those places, an enigmatic wetland that disappears into the Kalahari Desert and is home to the world’s largest remaining elephant population — a wilderness beyond comparison.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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There must be someone in that backbiting swamp that is Hollywood who isn’t a Brooks fan, but such a person is not to be found here.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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The crab-eating frog (Fejervarya cancrivora) lives in mangroves, coastal swamps and estuaries across Southeast Asia.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Marshland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marshland. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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