Where mud flats are lacking, they prefer shallow marshes or temporarily flooded agricultural lands.

In 1941, a levee was built along the north shore to drain 20,000 acres (80 km2) of shallow marsh for farming.

Dominant vegetation communities growing in flow-way cells are shallow marsh and shrub swamp species.

During the monsoons, the area turns into a shallow marsh, often flooding to knee-depth.

The rivers had dwindled into rivulets and the seas into vast, shallow marshes.

The water is then piped into the wetland, where it travels through a series of deep and shallow marshes.

In the late 19th century, the wetlands consisted of 52 shallow marshes comprising more than 9,000 acres of water.

Their breeding habitat is grassland adjacent to shallow marshes and steppe lakes.

During summer, in response to heat and water-clogging vegetation, the turtles may vacate shallow marshes for more permanent waters.

Then there are the prairies, wide open shallow marshes, or bogs.