swales

plural of swale

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for swales
Noun
  • The Mineral Belt Trail traces old mining routes and railroad beds, passing historic sites, rivers, and wetlands.
    Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Now the wetlands, woods, wildflower meadows and river views, which are managed and protected by River Fields conservancy, are open for the public to enjoy from dawn to dusk.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Spend some time adventuring on the island’s creeks and marshes via a kayak tour.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Among the greatest dangers faced in coastal marshes is sinking.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • They are found in a wide variety of habitats but prefer oak-cabbage palm hammocks, freshwater marshes and sloughs, pine flatwoods, and more open agricultural areas.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • If something happens to the water, land or the sloughs that hold the wild rice beds, the tribe has nowhere else to go, Tsosie explained.
    Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Over the past decade, DER has restored multiple unprofitable bogs, including the Eel River Headwaters Restoration.
    Chelsea Torres, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Hovering blue flames that flicker over bogs and marshes have inspired ghostly folktales for centuries.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The land was also covered by swamps and ponds, where animals lived, including deer, ducks and hogs.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • These mammals are found across North America, residing in every kind of habitat from hardwood forests to coastal plains to swamps.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The song centers on a potential lover intent on enticing someone who found big cities in California and New York underwhelming to try out the sights of moonlit cypress trees in Louisiana, with its swamplands and sounds of Zydeco.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But when the woman takes it home and hand-washes it, strange things happen.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Both jeans are available in Mott & Bow’s Mercer, Gilmore and Hubert fabrics and in a variety of dark to light indigo washes.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Swales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swales. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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