All wetland synonyms
wet·land
W w noun wetland
- marsh — Dame (Edith) Ngaio [nahy-oh] /ˈnaɪ oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1982, New Zealand writer of detective novels.
- swamp — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
- fen — low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- bog — A bog is an area of land which is very wet and muddy.
- marshes — a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
- fens — low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- lowland — land that is low or level, in comparison with the adjacent country.
- marshland — a region, area, or district characterized by marshes, swamps, bogs, or the like.
- fenland — a low area of marshy ground.
- peat bog — a swamp in which peat has accumulated.
- mire — a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- morass — a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- moss — Howard, 1922–1987, U.S. poet, editor, and playwright.
- peat — a merry young girl; darling (used as a term of endearment).
- quag — a quagmire.
- quagmire — an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
- slough — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- sump — a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- estuary — The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
- swampland — land or an area covered with swamps.
- everglade — A marshy tract of land that is mostly under water and covered with tall grass.
- moor — a Muslim of the mixed Berber and Arab people inhabiting NW Africa.
- glade — an open space in a forest.
- mud — wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- polder — a tract of low land, especially in the Netherlands, reclaimed from the sea or other body of water and protected by dikes.
- swale — a low place in a tract of land, usually moister and often having ranker vegetation than the adjacent higher land.
- holm — Hanya [hahn-ye] /ˌhɑn yɛ/ (Show IPA), 1895?–1992, U.S. dancer, choreographer, and teacher; born in Germany.
- muskeg — a bog of northern North America, commonly having sphagnum mosses, sedge, and sometimes stunted black spruce and tamarack trees.
- salt marsh — a marshy tract that is wet with salt water or flooded by the sea.
- flat — horizontally level: a flat roof.
- mud flat — the muddy, nearly level bed of a dry lake.
- tidal pool — a pool of water remaining on a reef, shore platform, or beach after the tide has receded.
- tideland — land alternately exposed and covered by the ordinary ebb and flow of the tide.