Marshland Sentence Examples

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  • The surface is generally flat, and there is much marshland in its southern part, and along its north-eastern shore.

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  • The site chosen consisted of an expanse of marshland through which the Stour flowed as an insignificant stream.

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  • In Norfolk the reeds of marshland are employed, and they constitute a durable thatch lasting from thirty to forty years or more.

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  • Along the west coast extends the "Marshland," a belt of rich alluvial soil formed by the deposits of the North Sea, and varying in breadth from 5 to 15 m.

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  • The Middlebridge area was once surrounded by marshland, which made any large-scale settlement impossible here.

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  • In the south, Holland is the fen country - drained marshland which is rich and fertile.

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  • Fbhr, the most fertile of the North Frisian islands, is principally marshland, and comparatively well wooded.

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  • Repeated air-raids took place in the vicinity and there were several bombardments from the sea, but Richborough itself was never seriously damaged, the low-lying, featureless character of the marshland probably affording its best protection, more especially at night.

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  • The Taitza lake is divided only by a strip of marshland from Lake Razim, a broad landlocked sheet of water which opens on the Black Sea.

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  • This building was the first to be erected on the reclaimed marshland between 1652 and 1656.

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  • There's a host of wild flowers on the strip in summer, and sublime surrounding marshland and woodland.

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  • Paved with polygonal slabs of basalt brought from the hills, it crossed marshland, valleys, streams and mountains.

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  • A Brief History of the Area The area around Glastonbury was once flooded marshland with dry areas of higher land.

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  • The Visitor Center overlooks a small marshland full of reed mace and reed sweet grass.

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  • The other larger site, is further out, in the former marshland.

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  • Theft Of Livestock The coastal marshland and extensive common land meant that the Dengie 100 teemed with livestock especially sheep.

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  • There is also an area of flat, low-lying marshland in the east, much of which has been drained for agricultural use.

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  • If time permits we'll explore some freshwater marshland and orchards before returning to our hotel in the late afternoon.

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  • The central peninsula contains some marshland and moorland pasture, on which a few thousand sheep graze; but the rest of the island consists merely of dunes or sandhills.

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  • The Leisure Center is erected upon reclaimed marshland while William Low 's supermarket is built on a bank of the loch.

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  • Soon I was splashing through marshland where huge bulrushes towered overhead.

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  • The marshland around the intercostal's waterway is home to a vast array of animals and birds and bring the city residents the kind of peaceful escape not often found a stone's throw away from an urban setting.

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  • The trails pass through wooded areas and marshland, offering glimpses of a variety of plants and animals, such as great blue herons, barred and great horned owls, redheaded woodpeckers, red-tailed hawks, kestrels and turkey vultures.

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  • Neuwerk, containing some marshland protected by dikes, has two lighthouses and a lifeboat station.

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  • The surrounding district, exceptionally fertile marshland, is known as Die Vierlande, being divided into four parishes, whence the name is derived.

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