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peat bog

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Noun

peat bog - wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel

bog

mire, morass, quag, quagmire, slack - a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

slough - a hollow filled with mud

wetland - a low area where the land is saturated with water

Translations

torbiera

peat bog

n → Torfmoor nt

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peat bog

n → torbiera

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The restoration of a giant north-east peat bog could lead to improved water quality and improve habitats for animals and bird life.

Water and wildlife to gain from peat bog restoration; Environment: Completion of 50-hectare section hailed as a fantastic start

The championship attracts hundreds of competitors from all over the world, who race two lengths of a 55m peat bog in Llanwrtyd Wells.

Rain saves bog snorkelling

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a large fire at Lindow peat bog, in Cheshire.

Fire crews tackle huge bog blaze

A WALKER stuck in a moorland peat bog up to his waist was 'sinking further by the minute' as rescuers arrived at the scene.

Walker stuck fast in moorland bog was 'sinking'

Artists find inspiration in all sorts of places and for Laura Harrington it was a peat bog in the northern Pennines that became her muse.

Artist Laura Harrington fell for a peat bog and you can see the results at Durham Castle; After showing at Durham Book Festival as one of its more unusual attractions, Laura's film and book transfer to Woodhorn Museum

"Close to the laboratory of NUI Galway's Ryan Institute the tide was flooding sinuous channels in a peat bog, not a saltmarsh as I had first supposed, and peat bogs don't accumulate in salt water." Mr Wilkins revealed he found tree stumps buried beneath peat up to two metres deep.

Gone-emara; Top scientist warns tourism hot spot on coast is slowly slipping into ocean due to dramatic effects of Ice Age

The DNA of the wheatknown as einkorn was collected from sediment that was once a peat bog next to a river.

Scientists found evidence of wheat in UK 8,000 years ago

How about buried near each other 16 feet below ground level in a southern Michigan peat bog?

16 feet under: finding a matched set of whitetail sheds can be tough enough when they're lying on top of the ground. When they're hidden tree stand height BELOW the surface ... well, that's a whole other challenge entirely

The new record surpassed last year's timings for swimming two lengths of a 55-metre (60-yard) trench cut through a peat bog by more than six seconds.

Meet the Brit who clinched world record for bog snorkelling!

Summary: DUBLIN: Irish scientists have found fragments of Egyptian papyrus in the leather cover of an ancient book of psalms that was unearthed from a peat bog, Ireland's National Museum said this week.