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wetland

noun

wet·​land ˈwet-ˌland How to pronounce wetland (audio)
-lənd
: land or areas (such as marshes or swamps) that are covered often intermittently with shallow water or have soil saturated with moisture
usually used in plural

Example Sentences

the conservation board has not always been rigorous in protecting the wetlands from development
Recent Examples on the Web Such wetland conditions haven’t existed in Utah for about 10,000 years. Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022 Despite below-average wetland conditions this spring in Wisconsin, the state's total breeding duck population was up 7% from 2020 and 19% above the 47-year mean, according to the Department of Natural Resources. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2021 When a client came to him in 2004 to show him a .92-acre parcel near a wetland in Deephaven, architect Steven Kleineman immediately saw why it had never been built on. Rohan Preston, Star Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021 The accident, which happened about 4 a.m. Friday on U.S. Highway 191 in the western side of the park, spilled 4,800 gallons of gasoline onto the roadway and into a wetland adjacent to the highway, the Environmental Protection Agency said. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2022 These footprints formed when the Great Salt Lake Desert was a wetland during the Pleistocene age. Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022 There’s a shallow wetland near the facility that could be impacted if the dam is removed, Weiss said. Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2022 This unassuming spot, at the end of a gravel road in a bucolic wetland near Mason City, is set within an open grassy field near Eagle Lake and is popular with other boondockers. Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 28 July 2022 At one time the park was a low-lying wetland but was drained for agricultural use. John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1669, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of wetland was in 1669

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