Pronunciation of the English word marshes.
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1. | Swamps, marshes, and bogs are types of wetlands. | |
2. | One June evening, when the orchards were pink blossomed again, when the frogs were singing silverly sweet in the marshes about the head of the Lake of Shining Waters, and the air was full of the savor of clover fields and balsamic fir woods, Anne was sitting by her gable window. | |
3. | Salt marshes are coastal wetlands that are flooded and drained by salt water brought in by the tides. | |
4. | People can relax on the beach, surf in the ocean, hike along the island’s paths or kayak through its many marshes. | |
5. | Dozens of water buffalo in Iraq's southeastern wetlands have died because of low water levels in the marshes, threatening the livelihoods of a community of marsh dwellers that has made the area its home for millennia. | |
6. | Some 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) to the south, the same invasive crab — the European green crab — is helping New England marshes rebuild. | |
7. | Off the coast of New England, fishermen have caught too many striped bass and blue crabs. These species used to keep native crab populations in check. Without predators to hold them back, native crabs are devouring the marshes. | |
8. | Without predators to hold them back, native crabs are devouring the marshes. | |
9. | But the invasive European green crab pushes native crabs out of their burrows. Under pressure from the invader, native crabs are eating less marsh grass. Marshes are recovering, and their carbon storage capacity is growing with them. | |
10. | Mangroves are trees that live in marshes or tidal shores and grow in salty water. |