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Record 1 2000-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peat and Peat Bogs
  • Ecosystems
DEF

A bog composed of individual or coalescent palsas, occurring in an unfrozen peatland. ... The surface is highly uneven, often containing collapse scar bogs.

OBS

Palsas are mounds of perennially frozen peat and mineral soil, up to 5 m high, with a maximum diameter of 100 m.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tourbières
  • Écosystèmes
DEF

[Tourbière oligotrophe] composée d'un ou de plusieurs palses soudés dans une tourbière non gelée. [...] La surface est très accidentée et comprend souvent des [tourbières oligotrophes] effondrées.

Spanish

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