wetland

Etymology

wet + land. Cognate with West Frisian wetlân.

noun

1. (usually in the plural) 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. 2013-01, Nancy Langston, “The Fraught History of a Watery World”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 2013-01-22, page 59