- high peat bog
- верховой торфяник
mixed peat bog — смешанный торфяник
low peat bog — низинный торфяник
highmoor bog — верховое болото
raised bog — верховое болото
English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary. 2014.
mixed peat bog — смешанный торфяник
low peat bog — низинный торфяник
highmoor bog — верховое болото
raised bog — верховое болото
English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary. 2014.
Peat — is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter. Peat forms in wetlands or peatlands , variously called bogs , moors , muskegs , pocosins , mires , and peat swamp forests . By volume there is about 4 trillion m³ of peat in the world… … Wikipedia
Bog — A bog or mire is a wetland type that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material ndash; usually mosses, but also lichens in Arctic climates.Bogs occur where the water at the ground surface is acidic, either from acidic ground water … Wikipedia
Bog body — Tollund Man lived in the 4th century BCE. Bog bodies, which are also known as bog people, are the naturally preserved human corpses found in the sphagnum bogs in Northern Europe. Unlike most ancient human remains, bog bodies have retained… … Wikipedia
bog — bog1 boggish, adj. /bog, bawg/, n., v., bogged, bogging. n. 1. wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter. 2. an area or stretch of such ground. v.t., v.i. 3. to sink in or as if in a bog (often fol. by down): We… … Universalium
peat — peat1 /peet/, n. 1. a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel. 2. such vegetable matter used as fertilizer or fuel. [1300 50; ME pete (cf. AL… … Universalium
High Seat (Lake District) — Infobox Mountain Name = High Seat Photo = High Seat.jpg Caption = High Seat above the village of Watendlath. By [http://www.madaboutmountains.com Ann Bowker] . Elevation = 608 m (1,995 ft) Location = Cumbria, ENG Range = Lake District, Central… … Wikipedia
bog — waterlogged, spongy ground forming in cooler, high rainfall areas. Only smaller plants are able to grow and their decomposition is very slow leading to peat soil formation. Often found in upland areas … Geography glossary
highmoor 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… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
blanket bog — noun an extensive flat peat bog formed in cool regions of high rainfall or humidity … English new terms dictionary
List 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… … Wikipedia
Ballynahone 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… … Wikipedia