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Swale

/sweɪl/

A low tract of moist or marshy land.

📖 Definitions of "Swale"

noun
  1. 1

    A low tract of moist or marshy land.

  2. 2

    A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline.

  3. 3

    A shallow troughlike depression that's created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.

  4. 4

    A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop.

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