marsh
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In no time, I was in unfamiliar territory: The sun rose over spoonbills and egrets standing in shallow water as a lone kayaker navigated fields of marsh grass.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
The area was a major nesting site for yellow-headed black birds, red-winged black birds, marsh wrens, soras and Virginia rails.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
Again, untreated effluent polluted the rivers and the local marsh rhyne drainage system.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2024
Malaria is carried by dozens of species of Anopheles mosquitoes, also known as marsh or nail mosquitoes.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024
Before her stretched a vast treeless waste, where heather and dwarf willow hugged the ground in a vain attempt to avoid the wind; where small peat-brown lakes shivered amid tossing marsh grass.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Vocabulary lists containing marsh
Physical Geography - Introductory
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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