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Meaning of swale

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

swale

Pronunciation:/sweɪl/

noun

Definitions

  1. A low tract of moist or marshy land.

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

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

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