marshland

Example Sentences

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The militia member said the number of dead was unknown, as the operation on the vast expanse of water and marshland between Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad was still ongoing.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Northern Sweden, where the training took place, is a web of rivers, lakes and marshland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

With their differently shaped bills - some ideal for scooping and some for probing - marshland birds feed in the tidal mud.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

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

The area on which Hunt had been built was marshland, and the ground grew wet during the night.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers