: a low-lying or depressed and often wet stretch of land
also
: a shallow depression on a golf course
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The City of Oakland Park plans to install sidewalks and swales, but residents say they were kept out of the loop.
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Ted Scouten, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Explore a white-sand beach and the sinks, swales, and sloughs found within the 2,500-acre Suwannee River Water Management District.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026
Alternatively, bank rainwater by capturing it in dips and swales in your garden.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
To handle torrential rains, direct water away from your garden with dry creek beds and swales.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
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Ted Scouten, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Explore a white-sand beach and the sinks, swales, and sloughs found within the 2,500-acre Suwannee River Water Management District.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026
Alternatively, bank rainwater by capturing it in dips and swales in your garden.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
To handle torrential rains, direct water away from your garden with dry creek beds and swales.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Swale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swale. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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