Wetland

Full definition of wetland

Noun

1. Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
• 2013-01, Nancy Langston, The Fraught History of a Watery World, 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.

Usage notes

The plural form is more commonly used.