salt marsh
Noun
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Noun
salt marsh (plural salt marshes)
- A marsh of saline water, found in the intertidal zone between land and sea, characterized by halophytic plants such as grasses and sedges adapted to periodic flooding with salt water.
- French: marais salants
- German: Salzmarsch, Salzwiese
- Portuguese: pântano salino, marisma salina
- Russian: солонча́к
- Spanish: saladar, salina, marisma salina
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