wetlands

Example Sentences

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Within a few centuries, the genetic landscape of the Rhine-Meuse region, including the wetlands, was completely reshaped.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

"As a species historically native to Britain and closely associated with the wetlands and farmland that have suffered most, its return signals a recovering landscape that benefits countless other species alongside it," she said.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

When, by the mid-1980s, commercial hunting and the destruction of wetlands brought nine of 10 major North American duck species into steep decline, a 1985 farm bill helped reverse that.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Those concerns centred on the damage it could do to the Gwent Levels wetlands to the south of the city.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

By this time we were heading into town on Highway 6, the road slicing through the wetlands park.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx