marshland
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"It is very difficult for my men. The area is still flooded, and elsewhere it is all marshland," Hawadi said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
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
A police dog and its handler searched marshland near to London Road and found a man who tried to run away but was stopped by the canine.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
Northern Sweden, where the training took place, is a web of rivers, lakes and marshland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Below the Morelos Dam the river turns into a maze of irrigation canals, marshland, and dead-end channels, among which McCandless repeatedly lost his way: Canals break off in a multitude of directions.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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
Its marshlands store large amounts of carbon, helping to mitigate climate change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025
But the rare subspecies adapted to live in saltwater marshlands are considered threatened.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
On a sun-scorched shoreline in Iraq's southern marshlands, fishermen stood shovelling a grim catch: tiny fish gathered dead from the water, fit only for use as animal fodder.
From Reuters ● Jun. 5, 2023
Yet we are allowing pesticides to enter them via the rivers and by direct spraying over bordering marshlands.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
