Thesaurus results for MARSHLANDS

marshlands

noun

plural of marshland

as in marshes

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water grasses, sedges, and rushes are the plant species most commonly found in marshlands

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Recent Examples of marshlands Then there’s the cluster of mammoth, blue holding tanks that loom above the surrounding marshlands downstream from Savannah’s historic downtown. —

Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026 As the Coast Starlight approaches the Bay Area, the train glides past marshlands, open water, and distant city skylines before continuing toward California’s Central Coast. —

Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026 Key Takeaways This Georgia barrier island is home to maritime forests, marshlands, wide beaches, and wild horses. —

Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026 The protagonist is a nine-year-old girl named Lamia (Baneen Ahmad Nayyef), who lives with her grandmother (Waheed Thabet Khreibat), in a mudhif, a house of twisted reeds, in Iraq’s southern marshlands. —

Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026 Consider the Wildland Trust Trails in Plymouth for flatter hikes through and past marshlands and other coastal sites. —

Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026 Native to the marshlands of central Wisconsin, Native Americans have harvested cranberries for centuries. —

Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025 Once settled, campers can follow the Shoreline Trail from camp to make a loop around Turtle Back Hill, a promontory that juts out into a brackish, intertidal salt marshlands. —

Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025 So with nothing to stop them, the birds flew to nearby marshlands and began reproducing. —

Calmatters, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025

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Cord grass ripples across these languorous northern marshes and, while ships lay wounded and stranded in the former Aral, all that remains of the old Parkgate are some very old photographs, showing frigates, sand, and some very fetching Victorian bathing attire.

— Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Mar. 2026
But during this year’s drought, much of that water is evaporating before reaching the marshes, Davis said.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026