salt marsh

Noun

Meaning

low-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater

Alternative names

salt-marsh

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Examples

Pleasant, the heath when it is green; Also pleasant, the salt marsh for cattle. Pleasant, the time when calves draw milk; Also pleasant, foamy horsemanship. Taliesin

Brackish marsh main A brackish marsh may occur where a freshwater flow enters a salt marsh. Source: Internet

DUC built a 250-metre dike, converting the salt marsh into an artificial freshwater site, complete with a fish ladder, which allowed fish to access the habitat within the upper tributary. Source: Internet

But the land itself is a salt marsh, so as you walk from one place to another you’re sinking in the mud—you spend the whole time just trying to yank your feet out. Source: Internet

My favorite thing about it is not the long rows of benches that line the interior, or the way the building is perched over a salt marsh, but the gray boat paint that covers the wood floors, tables, and seats. Source: Internet

The creek runs past an old cemetery here that dates back to the 1700s, before it flows into a silted-in, inaccessible salt marsh. Source: Internet

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