marsh
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The dinosaur ended up in a salty marsh, where conditions slowed decomposition and helped preserve the fragile network of blood vessels.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
An area of wet woodland and marsh has been acquired alongside pastureland south of the River Sow.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The marsh was built in the 1990s to naturally clean dry-weather urban runoff from San Diego Creek and address the algae blooms that once existed in Upper Newport Bay, according to the water district’s website.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The number and variety of plants increased over time, including locally rare species such as southern marsh orchid, greater tussock-sedge, yellow rattle and common centaury.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
We fell silent as we got closer, quiet as the bubbles breaking in the mud of the marsh.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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North American river otters live in rivers, lakes, streams, marshes and on seacoasts, according to the conservation group River Otter Ecology Project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Saltwater is beginning to contaminate farmland reclaimed over the past five centuries from the delta marshes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
"It is possible to create salt marshes and restore some of the marsh we've lost but it probably won't be possible to do this at the scale."
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
What was viewed as merely eccentric in 1956, when Gavin Maxwell brought an otter back from the Tigris marshes, would now be seen as unethical, not to mention illegal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Another path led to a bluff overlooking the marshes.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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Vocabulary lists containing marsh
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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