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)

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 (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)

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

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