How to Use wetland in a Sentence

wetland

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  • And since then, the state has lost about 85 percent of its wetlands.
    — Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
  • Fine-scale maps of the world’s forests, grasslands, wetlands and crops.
    — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 3 May 2024
  • The footprints were likely made in soft ground at the edge of a wetland.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 23 Sep. 2021
  • This has caused iconic lakes and wetlands to dry in many parts of Iran.
    — Sanam Mahoozi, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The wetland plant is found in shallow marshes and moist soils.
    — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2023
  • The wetland is home to hundreds of species of birds and more than 60 kinds of butterflies.
    — Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2022
  • At that time, the desert would have been a wetland and a big draw for wildlife and these early settlers.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Hill crouched in the wetland with his hunting bow and waited.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 17 June 2022
  • Trees that had been encroaching on the wetlands were felled.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The trails wind through native forests, meadows and a wetland.
    — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
  • This plant can be found in swamps, wetlands, or hardwood forests.
    — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The Upper Newport Bay Preserve takes you around the coastal wetland with views of the bay (eight miles out and back).
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
  • To remove the weed, engineers built a seawall and flooded the wetland to drown the grass.
    — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The scouts plan to move out of the site, which lies on a reclaimed wetland on the southwest coast of the peninsula, on Tuesday.
    — Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Toward the end of the last ice age, the lake began to dry up, and humans briefly occupied the wetland.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The hatchling turtles then are on their own to find a lake or wetland and fend for themselves.
    — Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
  • The Westlake campus is near a wetlands area, and windows on the north side face a wooded area.
    — cleveland, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Today, 5 million acres of wetlands cover 15% of the state.
    — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The location where the rail-like ramp stands had been a garbage dump next to a sliver of preserved wetlands.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024
  • Vast wetlands have shrunk to thin channels of salty water.
    — Alissa J. Rubin Bryan Denton, New York Times, 29 July 2023
  • The thick growth of these plants can actually cause wetlands to dry out.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024
  • From oceans to mountains, and woods to wetlands, the book serves as an ode to the animals and landscapes of planet Earth.
    — Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The group advises anyone near a wetland to keep about 10 feet away from the water.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2021
  • In some cases, Fairfax found, beaver wetlands even stopped blazes in their tracks.
    — Ben Goldfarb, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Paddling in the wetland, Blancas pointed out trees that have grown more than 30 feet in five years.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022
  • The trails extend out behind the graveyard and wind through serene wetlands, full of blue herons and red-winged blackbirds.
    — Katy Kelleher, Outside Online, 27 June 2024
  • This involved a joy ride across the wetland in Yamane’s boat as chunks of ice flew into the air and Harley huddled close to me for warmth.
    — Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 17 Oct. 2024
  • There's some ponds and wetlands that go into the wastewater system.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2024
  • And for millennia, those birds stopped to rest and feed in the wetlands of California’s Central Valley.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The big picture: Botulism thrives in warm, stagnant water and the refuge, which has historically been home to vast wetlands, has been hit hard in recent years by drought and high temperatures, both of which have been made worse by climate change.
    — Kale Williams, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024

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