American English pronunciation
How to pronounce wetlands
IPA transcription: ['wɛt,lændz]
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Noun
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a low area where the land is saturated with water
Usage examples
- It consists of wetlands, fields, and forests.
- Small craft, such as punts, are widely used in wetlands of the Spreewald.
- The central route caused the least disruption to homes, farms and wetlands.
- The large wetlands in particular attract a wide variety of birds.
- The common sundew thrives in wetlands such as marshes and fens.
- Eventually the water flow into the area created a lake, drowning the wetlands.
- Large areas of preserved wetlands and forest are considered ecologically important to migratory waterfowl.
- Matagorda County has secluded, extensive forests, wetlands, prairie and coastal regions.
- The following are positive ways of trying to protect or rehabilitate intertidal wetlands.
- These wetlands depend upon the seasonal cycles of the river.