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swale
swale S0930600 (swāl)n.1. A low tract of land, especially when moist or marshy.2. A long, narrow, usually shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline.3. A shallow troughlike depression that carries water mainly during rainstorms or snow melts.
[Perhaps from Middle English, shade, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse svalr, cool.]swale (sweɪl) n (Physical Geography) chiefly a. a moist depression in a tract of land, usually with rank vegetationb. (as modifier): swell and swale topography. [C16: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse svala to chill]swale (sweɪl)
n. Chiefly Northeastern U.S. a low place in a tract of land, usu. producing ranker vegetation than the adjacent higher ground. [1575–85; perhaps identical with dial. swale shade] Swale timber planking, 1597.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | swale - a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)trough - a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed) |
Swale
swale[swāl] (geology) A slight depression, sometimes swampy, in the midst of generally level land. A shallow depression in an undulating ground moraine due to uneven glacial deposition. A long, narrow, generally shallow, troughlike depression which lies between two beach ridges and is aligned roughly parallel to the coastline. SwaleLow area of ground used for drainage and often the infiltration of stormwater.swale1. A tract of low, usually wet land. 2. A depression in a stretch of otherwise flat land.swale
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