See also:

• MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a place full of "meres" or pools; cf. Ger. Meer, sea, Lat. mare)
• MARSH, ADAM (ADAM DE MARISCO) (d. c. 1258)
• MARSH, GEORGE PERKINS (1801-1882)
• MARSH, HERBERT (1757–1839)
• MARSH, NARCISSUS (1638-1713)
• MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES (1831-1899)

MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place full of "See also:

• MERES, FRANCIS (1565-1647)

meres" or pools; cf. Ger. See also:

• MEER, JAN VAN DER (1632-1675)
• MEER, OSWALD (1809–1883)

Meer, See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• MARE

mare)  , an See also:

• AREA

area of See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low-lying watery See also:

• LAND

land . The significance of a See also:

• MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a place full of "meres" or pools; cf. Ger. Meer, sea, Lat. mare)
• MARSH, ADAM (ADAM DE MARISCO) (d. c. 1258)
• MARSH, GEORGE PERKINS (1801-1882)
• MARSH, HERBERT (1757–1839)
• MARSH, NARCISSUS (1638-1713)
• MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES (1831-1899)

marsh area is not so much in the manner of its formation as in the See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar chemical and See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical results that accompany it, and its relation to the ecology of plant and See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal See also:

• LIFE

life . Chemically it is productive of such gases as arise from decomposing vegetation and are transitory in their effects, and in the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of hydrated See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

• OXIDE

oxide, which may be seen floating as an iridescent scum at the edge of rusty, marshy pools . This sinks into the See also:

• SOIL

soil and forms a powerful iron See also:

• CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement to many sandstones, binding them into a hard See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass, while the surrounding sandstones are loose and friable . A curious morphological See also:

• INVERSION (Lat. invertere, to turn about)

inversion follows in a later See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, the marsh area forming the hard cap of a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill (see See also:

• MESA (Span. mesa, from Lat. mensa, a table)

MESA) while the surrounding sandstones are weathered away . See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

Salt marshes are a feature of many low-lying See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-coasts and areas of inland drainage .