wetlands
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In “Beowulf” and other works, these wetlands have also offered a useful literary metaphor as keepers of cultural memory and symbols of repressed terrors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Archaeological evidence, from sites such as Star Carr in Yorkshire, England, shows that early hunter-gatherers, following the retreating ice, were drawn to these wetlands as a source of food, raw materials and protection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
At Cutacre, a former open-cast coal mine on the edge of Salford in Greater Manchester, the Lancashire Wildlife Trust has created meadows, wetlands, ponds and grazing areas with longhorn cattle.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Generations ago, the Central Valley was a vast expanse of lush meadows, wetlands and lakes fed by melting Sierra Nevada snow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
We are about twenty minutes deep into the wetlands before we spot a run-down wooden shack house on stilts sticking out of the water.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
