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wetland

[wet-land] / ˈwɛtˌlænd /
NOUN
fen
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The study found that the wetland functioned as a net carbon sink, storing an average of 98.3 ± 33.4 tonnes of carbon each year.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

He showed a barren creekbed filled with cobbles, then a green wetland filled with ducks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

Claire Barrett from Nattergal, which runs the site, said: "The beavers will be our nature engineers and create an amazing complex of wetland habitats which bring in other species to enjoy the landscape."

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Where tall acacias once cast cool shade over a wetland just upstream from the confluence of the Blue and White Nile, barren ground now lies exposed, criss-crossed by people gathering whatever wood remains.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

I swiveled around, but the Illinois wetland had vanished.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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