Usage examples (6)

• The third zone is the central backswamp area of the delta, crossed by old creek levees.
• Like other backswamp regions, soils generally contain considerable organic matter and have substrates of massive clay.
• Agriculture is not prevalent in this region, and many of the larger blocks of backswamp still support bottomland forests.
• The backswamp areas are very important for processing excess nutrients found in the water and detaining water after heavy rains.