marshland
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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
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
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
Canvey Island Foreshore, Essex - a family-favourite sandy beach, the island has only been populated since the 17th Century when the Dutch made the marshlands habitable.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
Focusing instead on strengthening levees in the Delta and restoring tidal marshlands, he said, would ensure that water is “delivered to the doorstep of your existing pumps reliably.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
But the rare subspecies adapted to live in saltwater marshlands are considered threatened.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
It's a question asked by many who once lived off Iraq's marshlands, rich waterways which gave birth to civilization in ancient Mesopotamia.
From Reuters ● Jun. 5, 2023
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
