wetland

noun wet·land \ ˈwet-ˌland , -lənd \

|Updated on: 18 Jun 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

Goodwin now owns the majority of the Connecticut River neighborhood south of Willow Street and north of a 60-acre wetland that was once a Pratt & Whitney testing site.

— jesse leavenworth, Courant Community, "East Hartford Residents Sue Goodwin College Over Alleged Breach In Affordable Rent Agreement," 13 June 2018
Creole Nature Trail: Get back to nature by exploring southwestern Louisiana’s coastal wetlands.

— jody schmal, San Antonio Express-News, "Where to stay and play in Lake Charles," 11 June 2018
Weaver already has completed the first phase of work in which it was determined that 5 acres of the 25-acre site contains wetlands.

— gregory tejeda, Post-Tribune, "Gary hires firm to help sell off Genesis Center, Sears building," 8 June 2018
One project listed by a governor that has received attention from the administration is a roughly $1 billion effort to connect the Mississippi River to wetlands in the Barataria Basin of Louisiana.

— john fritze, USA TODAY, "Trump has failed to appoint officials needed to speed his infrastructure plans," 7 June 2018
Does a story about a local wetland in the Providence Journal get picked up by the New York Times?

— bradley babendir, Longreads, "Storytelling the Flood: Elizabeth Rush on Empathy and Climate Change," 7 June 2018
As old beaver dams collapsed and washed away, wetlands dried up and streams carved into their beds.

— ben goldfarb, Science | AAAS, "Beaver dams without beavers? Artificial logjams are a popular but controversial restoration tool," 7 June 2018
Construction—laying down impermeable surfaces like concrete where there was once dirt or wetland—makes floods worse.

— adam rogers, WIRED, "Hurricane Season 2018 Has a Lot to Learn From Last Year," 1 June 2018
Sign up for a half-marathon,10K, 5K, or 5K relay inside the 1,800-acre nature preserve of grasslands and wetlands.

— leah prinzivalli, SELF, "7 Fitness Festivals Happening Around the U.S. This Summer," 1 June 2018

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