Converse of subject

• surround: The Middlebridge area was once surrounded by marshland, which made any large-scale settlement impossible here.

Converse of object

• reclaim: This building was the first to be erected on the reclaimed marshland between 1652 and 1656.

• drain: In the south, Holland is the fen country - drained marshland which is rich and fertile.

• surround: There's a host of wild flowers on the strip in summer, and sublime surrounding marshland and woodland.

• cross: Paved with polygonal slabs of basalt brought from the hills, it crossed marshland, valleys, streams and mountains.

• flood: A Brief History of the Area The area around Glastonbury was once flooded marshland with dry areas of higher land.

• overlook: The Visitor Center overlooks a small marshland full of reed mace and reed sweet grass.

Adjective modifier

• flat: To the east lay the flat marshlands of the Isle of Grain.

• extensive: The Thames was once a much broader, shallower river with extensive marshlands.

• former: The other larger site, is further out, in the former marshland.

• coastal: Theft Of Livestock The coastal marshland and extensive common land meant that the Dengie 100 teemed with livestock especially sheep.

• low-lying: There is also an area of flat, low-lying marshland in the east, much of which has been drained for agricultural use.

Modifies a noun

• habitat: They exhibit a wide range of marshland habitats from alder carr to open marsh.

• plant: Across the UK, fen and marshland plants are threatened by reductions in both the quality and quantity of water.

• area: They share the same history as both lie in a marshland area which in centuries past would flood in winter and spring.

• specie: However, the declines are particularly prevalent among seed-eating species, among farmland species and among grassland or marshland species.

• bird: It is host to a wide variety of wildfowl and marshland birds both common and rare.

• vegetation: Marshland vegetation by late spring presents a profusion of color to the eye.

Noun used with modifier

• freshwater: If time permits we'll explore some freshwater marshland and orchards before returning to our hotel in the late afternoon.