Bayou
Bayou noun - A stream that flows into a larger body of water.
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Swamp
Swamp noun - Spongy land saturated or partially covered with water.
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Bayou and swamp are semantically related (North American) in bog topic. You can use "Bayou" instead a noun "Swamp", if it concerns topics such as salina.
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Fourth Edition splits the difference, with Halflings being half thieving nomads and and half simple Louisiana-style bayou and swamp-dwelling rednecks. Really.
Source: Hobbits - Comic writer Len Wein came up with a character for a House Of Secrets story set in a bayou: "I didn't have a title for it, so I kept referring to it as 'that swamp thing I'm working on.'"
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Bayou Blue, a swamp district which covers Cases 6 to 10, deals with a voodoo craze that turns out to be a ruse created by a Serial Killer to consolidate power over the citizens.
Source: Video Game / Criminal Case
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