also: しょうち
noun
Refers to low-lying, waterlogged terrain; often used in geographical or environmental contexts.
この沼地には多様な動植物が生息している。
A variety of plants and animals live in this marshland.
開発によって沼地
Wetlands are decreasing due to development.
Compound of 沼 (ぬま, 'swamp') and 地 (ち, 'land'). The reading しょうち is the on-reading variant, less common in modern usage.