mallin

plural mallins · plural mallines

1. A type of wetland in Patagonia.

   In the north they are called bajos and in the south mallins.

   1941, Fred Albert Carlson, Geography of Latin América, page 159

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   It is therefore not an uncommon sight to see the bones of cattle among the verdant green grasses of the mallins.

   1914, Northern Patagonia: Character and Resources, volume 1, page 107

   Other ecosystems at risk due to anthropogenic activities are the flood meadows so called "mallines". The mallines are wetlands in arid and semi-arid regions.

   2004, A. Mugetti, Patagonian shelf, page 942

   If climate-change predictions that involve an increase of temperature together with reductions in precipitation are borne out, the result will be a severe reduction of suitable areas for mallines in NW Patagonia.

   2015 October 9, “Environmental Quality and Aquatic Invertebrate Metrics Relationships at Patagonian Wetlands Subjected to Livestock Grazing Pressures”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

plural Mallins

1. A surname.