The Valley landscape was more awash with greenery some 11,000 years ago.
Washed by the waves or tide; said of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it
The deck was continually awash with the sea which came inboard over the rail and through the scuppers.
covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub"