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Record 1 2004-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
DEF

An extensive area of open rolling infertile land consisting of sand, rock or peat usually covered with heather bracken, coarse grass and sphagnum moss.

OBS

... it is also used more widely to include acidic grasslands, peat bogs and mosses.

OBS

In German usage the term moor refers to any area of deep peat, whether acid or alkaline.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
CONT

On [...] trouve [des sols] dans les endroits les plus humides de Terre-Neuve sous forme de terrains marécageux [...]

Spanish

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