wet meadow

collocation in English

meaningsofwetandmeadow

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wet
adjective
uk
/wet/us
/wet/
covered in water or ...
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meadow
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈmed.əʊ/us
/ˈmed.oʊ/
a field with grass and often wild flowers ...
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(Definition ofwetandmeadowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Typically, four zones are recognized, from higher to lower on the shore: wooded wetland,wetmeadow, marsh and aquatic vegetation.
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Instead, the ground in awetmeadowfluctuates between brief periods of inundation and longer periods of saturation.
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The site is awetmeadowwhich is divided into fields by thick hedges.
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The richwetmeadowedges of the marsh provide foraging and nesting habitat for a diversity of water birds each year.
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The park consists of an unusualwetmeadowcomplex, as well as a spectacular waterfall and rare plant species.
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Grasses and sedges dominate the meadow communities, and fens (a type ofwetmeadow) and willows exist in wet soils.
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Awetmeadowstill exists at this point, suggesting that the loch was drained during the period of agricultural improvements around 1775.
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Debate exists wether awetmeadowis a type of marsh or completly separate type of wetland.
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A large part of the area iswetmeadow, that in places is intensively farmed.
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The area is largely hardstem bulrush marsh, interspersed with open water and surrounded by areas of playa, saltgrass flats, nativewetmeadow, and some cropland.
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In some cases, small areas ofwetmeadoware artificially created.
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Unlike a marsh or swamp, awetmeadowdoes not have standing water present except for brief to moderate periods during the growing season.
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Pannes are an unusual moist sand habitat, calcareous and seasonally flooded, similar to a wet prairie orwetmeadow.
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The site is a seasonallywetmeadow.
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All stands were growing on relatively wet soils along ditches, wet meadows or damp forest areas.
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The habitats on the site are woodland,wetmeadowand marsh, and it has one of the few areas of fen to survive in the area.
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The area ofwetmeadowis particularly dependent upon past water levels; in general, the area of wet meadows along lakes and rivers increases with natural water level fluctuations.
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This is particularly true of species of marshes and wet meadows which are subject to drainage.
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This is particularly true of the species growing in marshes and wet meadows which are subject to drainage.
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Wet biotopes with wet meadows and bogs have been recreated out of pasture and arable land.
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