wetland

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.

   European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.

2. 2
   noun

   a low area where the land is saturated with water

Etymology

From wet + land. Cognate with West Frisian wetlân.