as in marshes
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
much of the county's swampland was drained for agriculture
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Recent Examples of swamplands
As with her earlier work, ecotourism will be a crucial component of conserving these feral swamplands and dry tropical forests at the heart of South America.
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The Editors,
Outside,
18 Mar. 2026
In the 1950s, land reclamation transformed former swamplands and a typhoon shelter into today’s Victoria Park and Causeway Bay.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
The pic centers on a group of holidaymakers who must fight for their lives against a rampaging hippo after becoming lost in the Louisiana swamplands.
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Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2026
In the swamplands of Florida there sits a forcefield that formed after a meteor hit the area.
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Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Dec. 2025
Temperatures will dip below freezing in parts of all Lower 48 states, including Florida’s subtropical regions, Louisiana’s swamplands and the mountains of California.
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Brandi D. Addison,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Nov. 2025
The song centers on a potential lover intent on enticing someone who found big cities in California and New York underwhelming to try out the sights of moonlit cypress trees in Louisiana, with its swamplands and sounds of Zydeco.
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Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
11 Aug. 2025
The Editors,
Outside,
18 Mar. 2026
In the 1950s, land reclamation transformed former swamplands and a typhoon shelter into today’s Victoria Park and Causeway Bay.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
The pic centers on a group of holidaymakers who must fight for their lives against a rampaging hippo after becoming lost in the Louisiana swamplands.
—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2026
In the swamplands of Florida there sits a forcefield that formed after a meteor hit the area.
—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Dec. 2025
Temperatures will dip below freezing in parts of all Lower 48 states, including Florida’s subtropical regions, Louisiana’s swamplands and the mountains of California.
—
Brandi D. Addison,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Nov. 2025
The song centers on a potential lover intent on enticing someone who found big cities in California and New York underwhelming to try out the sights of moonlit cypress trees in Louisiana, with its swamplands and sounds of Zydeco.
—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swamplands
Noun
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Found over the eastern half of the state in swamps and sluggish waterways, coastal marshes, rivers, ponds and streams.
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Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia’s largest barrier island, is full of untouched maritime forests, beaches, and marshes.
Noun
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Blackwoods Campground, located on Mount Desert Island, gives campers access to mountains, lakes, streams, wetlands, forests, meadows and beaches.
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In late May, a video spread across Albanian social media of private security guards dragging a protester across the beach at the wetlands.
Noun
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Florida alligator safety Alligators have inhabited Florida's marshes, swamps, rivers and lakes for centuries and are found in all of Florida's 67 counties.
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For millions of years between 350 and 280 million years ago (about 30 million years before the first dinosaurs), these croc-like animals ruled the rivers, swamps, and lakes of the ancient world.
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“Swamplands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swamplands. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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