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
"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
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
“We searched and searched, sir,” Sela mumbled, “but all we could find was this big stretch of marshland and bog...”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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
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
But the rare subspecies adapted to live in saltwater marshlands are considered threatened.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
Yet we are allowing pesticides to enter them via the rivers and by direct spraying over bordering marshlands.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
