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Restoration efforts are needed for our coastal ecosystems, such as mangroves, seagrass beds, coral reefs, and salt marshes, as natural hurricane defenses.—Marc Benioff, Time, 24 June 2025 That bird nests in salt marshes, but sea level rise often floods the nests, preventing the species from reproducing.—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2025 The drumlin islands feature diverse ecosystems including salt marshes, sandy beaches, sea-grass beds, tidal pools, mudflats, grasslands and hardwood forests—alongside a wide range of wild animals and marine life, including mussels, barnacles and dozens of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians.—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025 This short pathway provides visitors with marvelous views of the surrounding salt marsh, with wading birds like the sanderling, wood stork and great blue heron all calling the region home.—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for salt marsh
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of salt marsh was
before the 12th century
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