swampy area

collocation in English

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swampy
adjective
uk
/ˈswɒm.pi/us
/ˈswɑːm.pi/
Swampy land is soft and ...
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area
noun
uk
/ˈeə.ri.ə/us
/ˈer.i.ə/
a particular part of a place, piece of land, ...
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(Definition ofswampyandareafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The town would have been in aswampyarea, possibly ox-bow lake, this would have given the residents access to both swamp and riverine resources.
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This lake, with a 52.13acre m2 surface area, appeared as aswampyareaon older topographical maps, indicating it is a dredged man-made lake.
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On the lake's southeast side is aswampyarea.
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On the west it is attached to the mainland through aswampyarea.
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The pass itself is a broad, flat,swampyarea.
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In 1974, they were hard to locate, in an overgrownswampyarea.
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This is a naturallyswampyareawith a high water table, and residents have periodic problems with flooding.
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The river flows in the southern direction through a flat,swampyarea.
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This is aswampyareawithout any villages on the river banks.
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When hunting in timber orswampyarea, a wood call is preferable.
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The stream was turned into an open sewer canal and eventually bricked over and theswampyareadrained.
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All the water resulted in a widespreadswampyareawith a magnificent oak forest.
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The canal served both to drain theswampyareaaround the yard and also to form a line of defense.
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Until then, it had been aswampyareaand an eyesore.
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The strongest winds over land were unknown since they crossed over an unpopulatedswampyarea.
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At the time the fortress was built it was situated on a peninsula that jutted into theswampyareabetween two rivers.
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Theswampyareabetween the two islands made travel dangerous and thus a need for a causeway arose.
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The other sides were protected by a river and ratherswampyarea.
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Somewhere around the year 1000, this village was founded in a very wet andswampyarea.
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