peat-bog
81highmoor bog — A bog, often on the uplands, whose surface is covered by sphagnum mosses which, because of their high degree of water retention, make the bog more dependent upon precipitation than on the water table. The bog often occurs as a raised peat… …
82blanket bog — see ↑blanket mire below. • • • Main Entry: ↑blanket blanket mire or blanket bog noun A continuous area of peat bog over a wide extent • • • Main Entry: ↑blanket …
83blanket bog — noun an extensive flat peat bog formed in cool regions of high rainfall or humidity …
84raised bog — noun a peat bog in which growth is most rapid at the centre, giving it a domed shape …
85Allen, Bog of — ▪ peat bogs, Ireland Irish Móin Alúine group of peat bogs between the Liffey and the Shannon rivers in east central Ireland in Counties Kildare, Offaly, Laoighis, and Westmeath. Some 370 square miles (958 square km) in area, it is… …
86List of bog bodies — This is a list of notable bog bodies in alphabetical order. Bog bodies or bog people are the naturally preserved corpses of humans and some animals recovered from peat bogs. The bodies have been most commonly found in the Northern European… …
87Big Bog State Recreation Area — Geobox|Protected area name = Big Bog State Recreation Area category = Minnesota State Park category iucn = V image caption = Big Bog State Recreation Area. country = United States country state = Minnesota state state type = State region type =… …
88Pinhook Bog — Indiana’s only true bog is a special geologic feature of this region which preserves a large variety of plants with extraordinary adaptations for survival. See insect eating plants and tamarack trees; walk on a boardwalk that is placed upon a… …
89Tannersville Cranberry Bog — lies beneath a six inch (152 mm) layer of sphagnum and a network of supporting tree roots. However, this bog may be viewed conveniently from a floating walkway.HistoryThe bog began as a kettle lake formed approximately 10,000 years ago by a… …
90Ballynahone Bog — is a raised bog, situated in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, about 3km south of Maghera, on low lying ground immediately north of the Moyola River about 14km from its mouth at Lough Neagh. It is one of the largest lowland raised bogs in… …
