swales

noun

plural of swale
as in wetlands

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swales
  1. wetlands
  2. marshes
  3. sloughs
  4. bogs
  5. swamps
  6. fens
  7. marshlands
  8. swamplands
Noun
  • At the southern end of the Everglades, where marshes and coastal wetlands are most starved for freshwater, peat has started to collapse, ripping open the shallow sawgrass marshes to leave behind deeper pits of open water.
    — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
  • There are also wetlands, woodlands, savannahs, and mountain bush.
    — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of wetlands
Noun
  • Fire is part of the Everglades ecology — wildfire season coincides with the end of spring when stormy-weather lightning strikes ignite marshes still dry from winter.
    — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
  • But in the swamps and marshes, oaks are isolated on the islands.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of marshes
Noun
  • Brannan Island State Recreation Area Located near the eastern end of the maze of rivers and sloughs that make up the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 14, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
  • They're mostly found in the swamps, sloughs, wetlands, and drainage ditches of the western coastal plain, and are occasionally found around rivers and lakes.
    — Jack Armstrong, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 3 June 2026
Definition of sloughs
Noun
  • Wildfires are flaring across France, the United Kingdom and Germany as an intense European heat wave turns forests and peat bogs tinder-dry, gutting homes and triggering mass evacuations and international air support.
    — Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • During this time, bogs, marshes, and other wetlands, historically seen as disease-ridden and deleterious to human health, were reevaluated by scientists and conservationists as valuable wildlife habitats.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
Definition of bogs
Noun
  • They can also be found in a variety of habitats, including forests, grasslands, scrub brush, swamps and deserts.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But in the swamps and marshes, oaks are isolated on the islands.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of swamps
Noun
  • 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, 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
Definition of fens
Noun
  • The area, which sits within Vermilion Parish, is known for its coastal marshlands.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2026
  • During most of the year, merlins inhabit open country ranging from marshlands to deserts, but many breed in conifer and birch woods.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of marshlands
Noun
  • Across state and federal lands, accommodations designated for Black Americans were routinely and nakedly inferior, relegated to remote, underdeveloped parcels or mosquito-prone swamplands.
    — Kimmie Gordon, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Congo Basin, Central Africa Tropical rain forests and swamplands blanket Central Africa’s Congo Basin, which spans six countries, including the Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and Gabon.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of swamplands
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