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swale

noun

Definition of swale

as in marsh

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Recent Examples of swale Police said the driver of the black Ford Fusion was headed south on northwest 12th Avenue at a high rate of speed near northwest 188th Street when the driver tried to bypass slow-moving traffic by driving on the swale. — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026 His group, however, showed that Governors Parkway Bridge would destroy the woods and dune and swale in the area while not solving the public safety issue. — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 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 Deer grass hovers around the swale and California poppies dot the ground. — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for swale

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Noun

Water glitters in a golden marsh stretching from the shore, promising breathtaking sunsets.

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 26 Sep. 2026
Monaco’s son, now 7-years-old and in the second grade, is learning through activities such as field trips to a marsh to study animals and the elements, or an at-school farm to learn about the life cycle of plants and pollination.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of marsh

Noun

Before there were levees, there were 4 million acres of wetland here, an inland marsh that took the Sierra’s runoff every spring.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Forests, wetlands and mangroves store carbon at scale, buffer storm surge, and stabilize the soils and waters that economies depend on.

— Marcene Mitchell, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of wetland

Noun

The slew of events begins with a formal arrival ceremony later on Wednesday, just as a judge is expected to hear arguments in a lawsuit brought by the three news outlets the president banned from the White House last week.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Couture is also working with a slew of retailers looking to bring top clients to the brands’ salons.

— Footwear News, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of slough

Noun

Habitats include salt marsh, cranberry bogs and maritime shrubs and forests.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 23 Sep. 2026
In a less controversial though no less polarizing vein, Sierra also notably designed a runway for a 2022 Balenciaga show created from 275 cubic meters of mud from a French peat bog.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of bog

Noun

But the Cloaca Maxima was primarily designed to drain marshland and alleviate flooding.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
Cedar Island is 22-square-miles of mostly marshland, with about 5 people per square mile, and even fewer trees, officials say.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of marshland

Noun

Wildlife watching is a year-round event, and one of the best vantage points is the Owl’s Roost Tower above the swamp.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 23 Sep. 2026
Staying safe from alligators in Florida 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, 15 Sep. 2026

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