marsh

noun, often attributive \ ˈmärsh \

|Updated on: 10 Jun 2018

Examples: marsh in a Sentence

Definition of marsh

: a tract of soft wet land usually characterized by monocotyledons (such as grasses or cattails)

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Examples of marsh in a Sentence

a wide expanse of marsh
the marshes along the coast support a remarkable profusion of plants and animals

Recent Examples of marsh from the Web

This swampy basin would ultimately become known as the Scott Valley, but Meek's men named it Beaver Valley after its most salient resource: the rodents whose dams shaped its ponds, marshes, and meadows.

— ben goldfarb, Science | AAAS, "Beaver dams without beavers? Artificial logjams are a popular but controversial restoration tool," 7 June 2018
The shortages could also affect Iraq’s southern marshes, which were declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 2016.

— Washington Post, "Turkey seeks to reassure Iraqis over upstream dam," 5 June 2018
Rzeznikiewicz brought his group to a variety of different locations, including areas with conifers, open fields, marshes, water bodies, streams, shrub lands, mountain laurel thickets, and deciduous forests.

— denise coffey, Courant Community, "Connecticut Audubon Hosts Migration Madness Weekend," 29 May 2018
The marshes, pitch pines and scrub oaks give an outer Cape Cod feel to the park.

— peter marteka, courant.com, "Hikers, Are You Up To The Challenge Of These 14 Trails?," 15 May 2018
BIRDING Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge The 34,000-acre refuge by East Galveston Bay envelops grasslands, marshes, ponds, oak trees and legions of birds.

— Houston Chronicle, "Top birding spots around Texas," 10 May 2018
The only visible wildlife were birds — predators mostly: falcons, egrets, herons, and cranes arcing in wide circles high above the marshes, searching for their next meal.

— janice gary, Longreads, "Bang and Vanish," 18 Apr. 2018
There’s this sort of unprecedented access to marshes, the Gulf of Mexico and the barrier islands.

— sara sneath, NOLA.com, "Marine lab has 'front row seat' to Louisiana coastal loss," 21 Mar. 2018
The building returned to its home atop the marsh on March 8, the department reported.

— mark price, charlotteobserver, "Optical illusion? SC church switches sides of the road – then switches back. | Charlotte Observer," 16 Mar. 2018

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