wetlands

Example Sentences

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Across Nigeria's oil-rich southern Niger Delta, decades of oil spills have left a landscape deeply scarred, with wetlands increasingly coated in crude and contaminated sediment.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Within a few centuries, the genetic landscape of the Rhine-Meuse region, including the wetlands, was completely reshaped.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

The company has pledged globally to replenish more fresh water than it consumes by 2030 by restoring lakes and wetlands and improving technologies used in agriculture.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Known as the Lugg Moratorium, developers can buy credits to offset the phosphate and nitrate added by building, and the money is used to fund wetlands.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

He tried to recall all he had been taught of the crannogmen, who dwelt amongst the bogs of the Neck and seldom left their wetlands.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin