marshland
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Nepali rescue teams battled difficult terrain, an unpredictable river and treacherous marshland on Monday, the sixth day in their search for survivors and victims of devastating floods.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
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
A spokesperson said the Muxton marshland had struggled because the willow plants dried out the fen.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
Amid this gentle drama, Jewett depicts the marshland, where “the lines of the creeks made a broad tracery whichever way one looked.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
We walked past Jimmy Cross’s command post, past the spot where Kiowa had gone under, down to where the field dipped into the marshland along the river.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
The city is built on former marshlands and is intersected by a network of canals, many of them heavily flooded by the rains.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Its marshlands store large amounts of carbon, helping to mitigate climate change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025
The western Spanish region of Extremadura, which also has substantial marshlands, has seen 17 cases.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said the diversion helped the river’s flow of sediment and relieved oversaturated marshlands, MLive.com reported.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
Rough air bounced her back and forth, but she found her longitude again over the New Jersey marshlands.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
