The first project to drain the marshy land around the lake began in 1780.

Valleys and marshy lands together accounted for 62 percent of the area.

And aside from the pool now far behind her, this was not marshy land, but a forest.

At that time it was well outside Dhaka town and marshy land.

Until the mid-19th-century Grangetown was an area of marshy land used for farming.

They came to a place which was like a finger of firm earth poked into marshy land.

He could tell by the feel of the ground that they were entering marshy land.

There is some marshy land on the eastern side, extending towards the center of the arm.

More than 15,000 people, including 4,000 Confederate soldiers, were buried here on marshy land near the water's edge.

He was able to drain the marsh around his country estate but most of the marshy land remained.