Marshland Synonyms

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Synonyms for Marshland

muskeg
A peat bog formed by an accumulation of sphagnum moss, leaves, and decayed matter, often with scattered small trees, and found especially in northern North America.
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fen
An area of low, flat, marshy land; swamp; bog
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swamp
The definition of a swamp is a low area of land that is always or sometimes saturated with water.
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mire
Mire is defined as wet and soggy ground.
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bog
Any of certain other wetland areas, such as a fen, having a peat substrate.
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swampland
(Uncountable, physics) The set of all possible string theories.
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marsh
An area of low-lying land that is usually saturated with water and is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plants.
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quagmire
A swampy, soggy area of ground.
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slough
The skin of a snake, esp. the outer layer that is periodically cast off
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wetland
A lowland area, such as a marsh or swamp, that is saturated with moisture:
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fenland
A kind of low-lying ground, often wet or marshy
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morass
An area of low-lying, soggy ground.
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Words Related to Marshland

salt-marsh
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mudflats
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dry
(Informal) A prohibitionist
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farmland
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reed-beds
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fens
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reedbeds
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marshy
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saltings
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low-lying
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Marshland Sentence Examples

  • The surface is generally flat, and there is much marshland in its southern part, and along its north-eastern shore.

  • The site chosen consisted of an expanse of marshland through which the Stour flowed as an insignificant stream.

  • In Norfolk the reeds of marshland are employed, and they constitute a durable thatch lasting from thirty to forty years or more.

  • Along the west coast extends the "Marshland," a belt of rich alluvial soil formed by the deposits of the North Sea, and varying in breadth from 5 to 15 m.

  • The Middlebridge area was once surrounded by marshland, which made any large-scale settlement impossible here.

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