wetland

noun wet·land \ ˈwet-ˌland , -lənd \

Updated on: 10 Apr 2018

Definition of wetland

: land or areas (such as marshes or swamps) that are covered often intermittently with shallow water or have soil saturated with moisture —usually used in plural

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Examples of wetland in a Sentence

the conservation board has not always been rigorous in protecting the wetlands from development

Recent Examples of wetland from the Web

Bradberry said that represents a loss of 16 acres of coastal wetlands a day, which is unacceptable.

— mark schleifstein, NOLA.com, "Annual coastal spending plan gains first legislative approval," 5 Apr. 2018
Financial talk aside, the project poses numerous challenges, chief among them turning an area of wetlands larger than Manhattan into a series of buildings and runways able to eventually handle as many as 200 million passengers a year.

— onur ant, Bloomberg.com, "Financial Strain Seen at World’s Biggest Airport Before It Opens," 3 Apr. 2018
State officials will study a potential remedy that calls for the relatively aggressive measure of dredging through nearly a half-mile of wetlands to reconnect the river to the lake.

— kevin spear, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Lake Jesup sized up again for environmental cure," 3 Apr. 2018
The land in Monroe County now features a rare hardwoods swamp, and in May the Department of Natural Resources approved the company’s plans to destroy 16.25 acres of wetlands in exchange for the company making a series of environmental improvements.

— lee bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "New group that's challenging existing environmental groups on mining in Wisconsin has Republican ties," 2 Apr. 2018
The intergovernmental treaty established a framework for the use and conservation of wetlands.

— denise coffey, courant.com, "Mr. Conservation: John Hibbard Worked For Decades To Preserve Connecticut’s Farmland, Parks, Forests," 29 Mar. 2018
Deforestation, the destruction of wetlands and other forms of land conversion can release massive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, which may worsen global warming.

— chelsea harvey, Scientific American, "Climate Change Is Becoming a Top Threat to Biodiversity," 28 Mar. 2018
Ruby and Elizabeth Cohen Woodlands is open year round and consists of 206 acres of natural space and includes 2 ponds, streams, forest, fields, wetlands, a butterfly-pollinator garden, gazebo, picnic tables, and hiking trails.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Colchester Edition," 27 Mar. 2018
Bones, flints, shale beads and antler headdresses have been recovered at what would've been in the lake's edge of these former wetlands.

— ashley strickland, CNN, "11,000 years ago, our ancestors survived abrupt climate change," 26 Mar. 2018

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