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fens

noun

plural of fen

as in marshes

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water a day spent trudging through the fens in quest of game birds

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Recent Examples of fens Commoners relied on swamps, fens, forests, and heaths for fuel, gravel, stone, and wood to make tools and to build and repair houses. — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026 Bogs and fens are areas that accumulate peat – deposits of dead and partly decomposed plant materials that form organic-rich soil. — Jon Sweetman, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2022

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Situated between busier coastal destinations this idyllic town and its marshes will immediately transport you back to your early carefree days playing in creeks, digging in pluff mud, catching crawfish, and tossing cast nets.

— Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 July 2026
The couple fell ill in a Medici villa in Poggio a Caiano, near Florence, an area dotted with marshes and rice fields — ideal habitats for mosquitoes that can carry malaria.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

Definition of marshes

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The Okefenokee Swamp is regarded as one of the world’s largest freshwater ecosystems, encompassing a vast network of wetlands that supports exceptional biodiversity and serves as the source of two major rivers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Ramsar Convention, agreement adopted in the eponymous city of Ramsar, Iran, on February 2, 1971, with the goal of protecting wetlands as both complex ecosystems and habitats for migratory birds.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

Definition of wetlands

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Found over the eastern half of the state in swamps and sluggish waterways, coastal marshes, rivers, ponds and streams.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Florida alligator safety Alligators have inhabited Florida's marshes, swamps, rivers and lakes for centuries and are found in all of Florida's 67 counties.

— Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 29 June 2026

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