marshland
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of marshland
before 1150; Middle English mershland, Old English merscland. See marsh, land
Example Sentences
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It has the largest tidal reedbed in England and wildfowl and waders feed and nest in the six shallow lagoons, marshland and mudflats.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
Northern Sweden, where the training took place, is a web of rivers, lakes and marshland.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
As a two-time cancer survivor, she has tried to avoid the Stauffer site and Blair landfill, which is shrouded by marshland off the San Francisco Bay Trail.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024
Cities built on drained marshland or fill are especially vulnerable to compaction.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024
At the day’s end they came to a stream that wandered down from the hills to lose itself in the stagnant marshland, and they went up along its banks while the light lasted.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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