marshland
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The militia member said the number of dead was unknown, as the operation on the vast expanse of water and marshland between Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad was still ongoing.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
Amid this gentle drama, Jewett depicts the marshland, where “the lines of the creeks made a broad tracery whichever way one looked.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 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
As a two-time cancer survivor, she has tried to avoid the Stauffer site and Blair landfill, which is shrouded by marshland off the San Francisco Bay Trail.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2024
With the city ever-expanding, it would only be a matter of time before the marshland at its outskirts was filled in and built upon.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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 western Spanish region of Extremadura, which also has substantial marshlands, has seen 17 cases.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024
But the rare subspecies adapted to live in saltwater marshlands are considered threatened.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
Drought has led thousands of families to emigrate from the country's waterways and UNESCO-recognised marshlands, threatening a way of life, and worsening heat is leading to increasingly risky conditions for those who work outdoors.
From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2023
They emerged from the woods on top of a low bluff that marked the border of the marshlands.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
