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wetland

noun

ˈwet-ˌland

Definition of wetland

as in marsh

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water the conservation board has not always been rigorous in protecting the wetlands from development

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Recent Examples of wetland Participating agencies have agreed to begin a collaborative effort to restore wetlands and a science program to guide the endeavor. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The report commends changes including protecting wetlands, improving stormwater and wastewater infrastructure, and expanding water quality monitoring, including notification programs that warn people about unsafe conditions in rivers and streams. — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 The commission declared that the path can’t travel through any wetlands, even if the city replaces that marshland elsewhere. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 The next step is to complete a wetland restoration feasibility study to understand what the possibilities are for creating new coastal wetlands in an area that has been diked for a very long time. — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wetland

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North American river otters live in rivers, lakes, streams, marshes and on seacoasts, according to the conservation group River Otter Ecology Project.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
The land features rich biological diversity such as marshes, mudflats and riparian and coastal sage scrub, including sensitive, threatened or endangered species such as the California gnatcatcher and the fairy shrimp.

— Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of marsh

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Farther downstream, there was the Lake of the Jarayés and the delta; upstream, the great swamp.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
Imagine the ripe smell of swamp-wet dogs, the acrid stench of overheated, enraged bear, the slippery warm blood of pack members already lost; the simply insufferable noise and confusion in that dank little hole.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026

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