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marsh: see swamp swamp, shallow body of water in a low-lying, poorly drained depression, usually containing abundant plant growth dominated by trees, such as cypress, and high shrubs. ..... Click the link for more information. . marshFreshwater or marine wetland ecosystem characterized by poorly drained mineral soils and by plant life dominated by grasses. Fewer plant species grow in marshes than on well-watered but not waterlogged land; grasses, sedges, and reeds or rushes are most common. Commercially, rice is by far the most important freshwater marsh plant: it supplies a major portion of the world's grain. Salt marshes are formed on intertidal land by seawater flooding and draining, and salt-marsh grasses will not grow on permanently flooded flats. See also swamp. marsh low poorly drained land that is sometimes flooded and often lies at the edge of lakes, streams, etc. Marsh 1. Dame (Edith) Ngaio . 1899--1981, New Zealand crime writer, living in Britain (from 1928). Her many detective novels include Final Curtain (1947) and Last Ditch (1977) 2. Rodney (William). born 1947, Australian cricketer. He finished his career with a world record of 355 Test match dismissals marsh [märsh] (ecology) A transitional land-water area, covered at least part of the time by estuarine or coastal waters, and characterized by aquatic and grasslike vegetation, especially without peatlike accumulation. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The marsh was steaming in the strong sun, and the outline of the Spy-glass trembled through the haze. When Professor Marsh was out here hunting bones for the chapel of Yale University he found skeletons of horses no bigger than a fox, bedded in the rocks, and he said they were ancestors of my father. One of them said, "The Sun, now while he is single, parches up the marsh, and compels us to die miserably in our arid homes. |
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