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swales

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plural of swale

as in wetlands

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Early efforts included Welling redesigning two greens encumbered by wetlands and other issues.

— Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Vélez said the change in government should not erase recent efforts to reduce deforestation, restore ecosystems and strengthen protections for wetlands, paramos and the Amazon.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

Definition of wetlands

Noun

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
Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia’s largest barrier island, is full of untouched maritime forests, beaches, and marshes.

— Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026

Definition of marshes

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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
Any niche status went out the window years ago, as slews of more casual runners opt into the marathon experience.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2026

Definition of sloughs

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The Great Hunger and subsequent Irish migrations still burden those scattered among cliffs and bogs; and when Tomás emerges from a wood, transformed by a mystical encounter, Liam must push them to finish their task.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
Dense forests, bogs, and marshes create a rich habitat for wildlife—from trumpeter swans and bald eagles to deer and bears.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2026

Definition of bogs

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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
For millions of years between 350 and 280 million years ago (about 30 million years before the first dinosaurs), these croc-like animals ruled the rivers, swamps, and lakes of the ancient world.

— Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 18 June 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

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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, 4 July 2026
Living in a very unpopulated little area of the rural French marshlands, Thomas (Bastien Bouillon), his wife Nora (Hafsia Herzi) and their young daughter Ida (Tawba El Gharchi) go about their daily routine.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 22 May 2026

Definition of marshlands

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As with her earlier work, ecotourism will be a crucial component of conserving these feral swamplands and dry tropical forests at the heart of South America.

— The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
In the 1950s, land reclamation transformed former swamplands and a typhoon shelter into today’s Victoria Park and Causeway Bay.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026

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