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EspañolSLOUGH (WETLAND)
The term 'slough' (in the UK, pronounced (as in "cow"); in the US, pronounced (as in "slew")) has several meanings related to wetland or aquatic features that seem to derive from local experience. For example:
★ In the UK, a 'slough' is a muddy or marshy area (for example see the probable derivation of Slough in Berkshire and other place names called Slough).
★ In eastern and southeastern United States, a 'slough' is a type of swamp or shallow lake system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway. It is similar to a bayou with trees being present (that is, a swamp), and unlike a bog or marsh that lacks trees. It can also refer to the area of deeper water between a sandbar and a beach or between two sandbars.
★ The term 'slough' appears as well in the names of oxbow lakes, e.g. ''Meadowbrook Slough'' of Snoqualmie River in Washington State.
★ In the western U.S., a 'slough' is a secondary channel of a river delta or a narrow channel in a shallow salt-water marsh, usually flushed by the tide. While this is in essence the same application of the term as used in the eastern U.S., a singular difference is that there exist no native trees in the west that would grow out into the waterway to form a swamp, such as the Elkhorn Slough
★ In the northern Great Plains of the U.S., a 'slough' is a pond (often alkaline) usually the result of glaciation (see kettle (geology)); also called a ''pothole'', whence Prairie Pothole Region to describe the area where these sloughs are abundant. In the Canadian Prairies, slough (pronounced like ''slew'') refers to a naturally formed freshwater pond.
★ Seal Slough, San Mateo, California
★ Famosa Slough, San Diego County, California
★ A deep bog known as the Slough of Despond is found in ''The Pilgrim's Progress'' by John Bunyan.
★ Slough is commonly used in Laura Ingall Wilder's book "By The Shores Of Silver Lake"
★ Bayou
| Contents |
| Descriptive meanings |
| Examples |
| In literature |
| See also |
| References |
Descriptive meanings
★ In the UK, a 'slough' is a muddy or marshy area (for example see the probable derivation of Slough in Berkshire and other place names called Slough).
★ In eastern and southeastern United States, a 'slough' is a type of swamp or shallow lake system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway. It is similar to a bayou with trees being present (that is, a swamp), and unlike a bog or marsh that lacks trees. It can also refer to the area of deeper water between a sandbar and a beach or between two sandbars.
★ The term 'slough' appears as well in the names of oxbow lakes, e.g. ''Meadowbrook Slough'' of Snoqualmie River in Washington State.
★ In the western U.S., a 'slough' is a secondary channel of a river delta or a narrow channel in a shallow salt-water marsh, usually flushed by the tide. While this is in essence the same application of the term as used in the eastern U.S., a singular difference is that there exist no native trees in the west that would grow out into the waterway to form a swamp, such as the Elkhorn Slough
★ In the northern Great Plains of the U.S., a 'slough' is a pond (often alkaline) usually the result of glaciation (see kettle (geology)); also called a ''pothole'', whence Prairie Pothole Region to describe the area where these sloughs are abundant. In the Canadian Prairies, slough (pronounced like ''slew'') refers to a naturally formed freshwater pond.
Examples
★ Seal Slough, San Mateo, California
★ Famosa Slough, San Diego County, California
In literature
★ A deep bog known as the Slough of Despond is found in ''The Pilgrim's Progress'' by John Bunyan.
★ Slough is commonly used in Laura Ingall Wilder's book "By The Shores Of Silver Lake"
See also
★ Bayou
References
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