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The world's largest tropical peatland is located in ... with their large and deep growths containing more ... the Netherlands imported 2,156 million kg of peat ...
A bog is a mire that, due to its raised location relative to the surrounding landscape, obtains all its water solely from precipitation (ombrotrophic). [7] A fen is located on a slope, flat, or in a depression and gets most of its water from the surrounding mineral soil or from groundwater (minerotrophic).
The modern Netherlands formed as a result of the interplay of the four main rivers (Rhine, Meuse, Schelde and IJssel) and the influence of the North Sea and glaciers during ice-ages. The Netherlands is mostly composed of deltaic , coastal and eolian derived sediments during the Pleistocene glacial and interglacial periods.
This is where Vaalserberg is located, the highest point on the European part of the Netherlands at 322.7 metres (1,059 ft) above sea level. The highest point of the entire country is Mount Scenery (887 metres or 2,910 ft), which is located outside the European part of the Netherlands, on the island of Saba in the Caribbean.
A peat lake near Griendtsveen A barn roof with vegetation typical of the region Sunset in De Peel, North Brabant, Netherlands Peel area on a map by Guillaume Delisle, ca. 1743. De Peel is a region in the southeast of the Netherlands that straddles the border between the provinces of North Brabant and Limburg.
The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency published a map of surface water bodies in the Netherlands in 2010. [1] The map distinguishes over 20 different types of water bodies, including those with salty, brackish and fresh water. These water bodies encompass natural and artificial lakes of varying sizes, peat puddles and fens.
De Groote Peel National Park is a national park in De Peel, a region in the southeast of the Netherlands on the border between the provinces of Limburg and North Brabant.It has a size of 13.4 km 2 and preserves a peat bog that has remained partly untouched by peat cutting, which used to be extensive in the area.
Tropical peat is a type of histosol that is found in tropical latitudes, including South East Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. [2] Tropical peat mostly consists of dead organic matter from trees instead of spaghnum which are commonly found in temperate peat. [ 3 ]