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Fens

American

[fenz] / fɛnz /

noun

Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in eastern England, south of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.

Fens British

/ fɛnz /

plural noun

a flat low-lying area of E England, west and south of the Wash: consisted of marshes until reclaimed in the 17th to 19th centuries

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According to the RSPB, the bird went extinct in the 1600s before a small number of wild cranes from mainland Europe ventured to the Norfolk Fens.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Mitschunas is leading research with a project that tests new crops in the flat Fens of Cambridgeshire by rewetting peatlands.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

The land in the Fens is some of the most productive in the UK.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

"In a freezing winter, with winds cutting across the Fens, these roundhouses would have been pretty cosy," said CAU project archaeologist Dr Chris Wakefield.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024

The road to the left, which I was not to take, led to the Fens, where the ogres lived.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

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