salt marsh

See also: saltmarsh

English

Alternative forms

• saltmarsh (about twice as common as salt marsh in British English)

Noun

salt marsh (plural salt marshes)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• salting

Translations

marsh of saline water

• Belarusian: саланча́к m (salančák)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鹽沼／盐沼 (zh), 盐沼 (zh) (yánzhǎo), 咸沼 (xiánzhǎo)

• Finnish: marskimaa (fi)
• French: marais salants (fr) m pl
• German: Salzmarsch f, Salzwiese (de) f
• Greek: αλυκή (el) f (alykí)
• Japanese: 塩沼 (えんしょう, enshō)
• Kalmyk: марц (marts)
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• Latvian: solončaks m
• Macedonian: солено мочуриште n (soleno močurište)
• Portuguese: pântano salino m, marisma salina f
• Russian: солонча́к (ru) m (solončák), солоне́ц (ru) m (solonéc)
• Spanish: saladar m, salina (es) f, marisma salina f
• Telugu: ఉప్పుపర్ర (uppuparra)
• Turkish: tuz bataklığı, tuzla (tr)
• Ukrainian: солонча́к m (solončák)

Derived terms

• salt-marsh caterpillar
• salt-marsh hen
• salt-marsh terrapin

Further reading

• salt marsh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia