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# wetland

«wetland» in Mova's school dictionary: **an area of land that is covered with shallow water or is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a wetland, wetlands; often plural)

### meaning for a pupil

A wetland is an area of land that is covered with shallow water or is wet and soggy for much of the year, such as a marsh, swamp or bog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wetland/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons, wetlands are important habitats: they are home to many birds, frogs, fish, insects and plants, they clean water like a filter, and they soak up floodwater like a sponge, protecting towns. Many wetlands have been drained for farms and buildings, so they are now protected. Examples: the Everglades (USA), Kakadu (Australia), the Somerset Levels (UK). Phrases: «protect the wetlands», «wetland birds».

### examples

- Herons and frogs live in the wetland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wetland/#x1)
- Wetlands soak up water and help stop floods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wetland/#x2)
- We walked on a boardwalk through the wetland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wetland/#x3)
- The wetland was drained to build houses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wetland/#x4)
- Wetlands clean the water that flows through them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wetland/#x5)
- Many migrating birds rest in wetlands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wetland/#x6)
- Stay on the path — wetland mud can be deep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wetland/#x7)

### note

Plural: wetlands. One word. Kinds: marsh, swamp, bog, fen, mangrove. Not the same as a lake: a wetland has shallow water and plants growing through it.

### In the corpora

- [Wetlands soak up flood water like giant sponges and let it out slowly, and reed roots trap mud and clean the water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs/17/)
- [The star-nosed mole swims in North American wetlands and smells underwater by blowing little bubbles onto things and sniffing them back in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish/8/)
- [In the wetlands the red-crowned crane dances in the snow with its partner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/4/)
- [Wetlands soak up flood water and clean it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wetland» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wetland/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.