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Record 1 1989-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peat and Peat Bogs
DEF

A fen with broad net pattern of low, interconnected peat ridges ("strings"), enclosing wet hollows or shallow pools. The wetland surface is almost completely level; ...

OBS

... greater slopes result in the formation of northern ribbed fens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tourbières
DEF

[Tourbière] à vaste réseau de crêtes tourbeuses basses et interreliées (lanières) qui encerclent des dépressions mouillées ou des mares peu profondes. La surface est presque entièrement plane [...]

CONT

[...] des pentes plus prononcées entraînent la formation de [tourbières minérotrophes] côtelées du Nord.

Spanish

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