Bayous

Synonyms for "bayous" (9 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
ecoregionlowland wetlandsmarshland belt

Related words (4)

Noun(4 words)

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More general

4 entries
ecoregiongeographic featuregeographic regionwaterway

More specific

6 entries
backwatercoastal marsheslowland swampmeandering channelsloughwetland belt

Collocations

5 entries
Louisiana bayoubayou ecosystembayou floodplainbayou regioncoastal bayou

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Bayous are common in Gulf Coast areas of the southern United States of America.

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It’s no longer news that on April 20th, the catastrophic explosion of an offshore rig sent an undersea gusher of oil boiling to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana. Or that winds, tides and time have overwhelmed efforts to contain a slick the size of Cyprus, spreading globs of emulsified goo to the very edges of the tender marshes and bayous of Plaquemines Parish, and onto the barrier Chandeleur Islands.

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