coastal swamp

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coastal
adjective
uk
/ˈkəʊ.stəl/us
/ˈkoʊ.stəl/
positioned on, or relating to ...
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swamp
noun[C or U]
uk
/swɒmp/us
/swɑːmp/
(an area of) very wet, ...
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(Definition ofcoastalandswampfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some beds illustrate acoastalswampenvironment, some river delta, some shallow water.
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Then in 7th century siltation of the sea intrusion created a vastcoastalswampwith some dry areas.
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It combines ephemeral floodplain wetlands withcoastalswampforests.
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The habitat consists ofcoastalswampforests and alluvial forests.
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It is common on clay flats, sloughs, and backwater areas, but seldom in coastal swamps or sites where soils are continually saturated.
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Living on the reef was also healthier as the mosquitoes, which infested the coastal swamps, were not found on the reef islands.
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Sea grapes and palm trees are a common sight with mangroves and shrubs surviving in the saline coastal swamps.
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From the 1920s onwards, the coastal swamps were dried up by irrigation works, rice growing ceased and the town grew.
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This can be anything from coastal swamps, creeks, temporary ponds/roadside ditches in forest, cleared land, heathland and even sub-alpine areas.
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A process of land reclamation has replaced the coastal swamps and marshes with agricultural land.
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It was wide and cleared and skirted around the coastal swamps.
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It inhabits coastal swamps, dams, ponds associated with forest and heathland.
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Also, according to ecological reconstructions by geologists, specific assemblages of the types of trees found as upright fossils occupied brackish water, even saline coastal swamps much like modern mangrove swamps.
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There are also wide coastal swamps.
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About half of the bird species are inhabiting the coastal swamps, including mangroves, riverine forest, freshwater and peat swamp forest, and the marshes of the area.
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