underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
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Marshland
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England"
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the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Pollution, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments, Land and soil.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Pollution, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments, Land and soil.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Pollution, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments, Land and soil.a pond for watering horses
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.Scottish word for a lake
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Pollution, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments, Land and soil.a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Pollution, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments, Land and soil.a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
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On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: low-lying, land, grassy, vegetation, transition.A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: low-lying, land, grassy, vegetation, transition.Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; /rile.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: low-lying, land, grassy, vegetation, transition.Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: low-lying, land, grassy, vegetation, transition.An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually estimated at f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: low-lying, land, grassy, vegetation, transition.A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: low-lying, land, grassy, vegetation, transition.A plowland; as much land as one team can plow in a year and a day; -- by some said to be about 100 acres.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: low-lying, land, grassy, vegetation, transition.arid land with little or no vegetation
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: low-lying, land, grassy, vegetation, transition.Abounding in fens; fenny.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: low-lying, land, grassy, vegetation, transition.Pertaining to, or inhabiting, a fen; abounding in fens; swampy; boggy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: low-lying, land, grassy, vegetation, transition.A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book. It is supposed to have consisted of a few acres only.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: low-lying, land, grassy, vegetation, transition.Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; as, f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: low-lying, land, grassy, vegetation, transition.A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also flow moss and flow bog.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: low-lying, land, grassy, vegetation, transition.
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