salt marsh

noun

1. a marshy tract that is wet with salt water or flooded by the sea.

salt marsh

noun

1. an area of marshy ground that is intermittently inundated with salt water or that retains pools or rivulets of salt or brackish water, together with its characteristic halophytic vegetation

salt marsh

1. A marsh in which the water is saline, especially a coastal wetland that has halophyte vegetation and is regularly flooded at high tide. Coastal salt marshes help to preserve the shoreline by accommodating storm tides.

Other Words From

• salt-marsh saltmarsh adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of salt marsh¹

before 1000; Middle English saltmerche, Old English sealtne mersc

Example Sentences

To preserve the important intertidal areas and salt marshes off our coasts for the future, we need more turbid water.

From Science Daily

Birds flock here for the blend of the estuary, mud flats, open saltwater and salt marsh.

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"Our results show that blue carbon ecosystems are more effective in mitigating climate change than previously thought. It is now even more important to protect and restore mangrove and salt marsh ecosystems."

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"After a few decades, in areas the sea otters had recolonized, salt marshes and creekbanks were becoming more stable again, despite rising sea levels, increased water flow from inland sources, and greater pollution," Hughes said.

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Rare habitats such as salt marshes and reed beds can develop in these buffer zones, which also contribute to the preservation of biodiversity.

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