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A more or less permanently wet area of *mineral soil, as opposed to a *peaty area. Marsh often occurs around the edges of a lake or on the flood-plain of a river. In North American usage, a marsh is a herbaceous wetland in which the ...
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Subjects: Ecology and Conservation
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