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water track fen [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biogeography
DEF

Component of patterned fen occupying a concave tract of peatland which marks the path of subsurface mineral water flow.

OBS

The peat is usually well decomposed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biogéographie
DEF

Tourbière basse, allongée tel un cordon et réticulée [...] due au mouvement lent des eaux souterraines dans un terrain couvert de tourbe.

Spanish

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