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salt marsh

NOUN
salt flat
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This year marks 30 years since a hurricane created a salt marsh near a small coastal village.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

EDF then suggested a plan to flood 1,500 acres of nearby coast to create a salt marsh breeding ground to offset any fish death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

The Refuge contains multitudes — specifically salt marsh, mud flats, freshwater wetlands and streams amid temperate and old-growth forests, grasslands, coastal dunes and beach coastline.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024

What was once a landfill is now home to a large sports field, an ecological salt marsh, a dog run, a boardwalk, manicured lawns and Manhattan’s first public beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2023

What would Franklin D. Roosevelt say about a spy who lost his shoe in the salt marsh and worried aloud that his grandma would beat him?

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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