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Sough. A sough (pronounced /saʊ/ or /sʌf/) is an underground channel for draining water. Out of a mine: ideally the bottom of the mine would be higher than the outlet, but where the mine sump is lower, water must be pumped up to the sough. Out of sloping farmland: these are to be found (at least) around the Pennine areas of East Lancashire to ...
Labrador tea. Labrador tea is a common name for three closely related plant species in the genus Rhododendron as well as a herbal tea made from their leaves. All three species are primarily wetland plants in the heath family. The herbal tea has been a favorite beverage among Athabaskan First Nations and Inuit .
Slough (hydrology) A slough in Nebraska in the United States. A slough in Maxwell Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota in the United States. A slough ( / sluː / ⓘ [1] [2] or / slaʊ / ⓘ) [1] [2] [3] is a wetland, usually a swamp or shallow lake, often a backwater to a larger body of water. [4] Water tends to be stagnant or may flow ...
Dermatitis, or skin inflammation, involves skin peeling. Atopic dermatitis (or eczema) is the most common inflammatory skin disease. Skin may slough in a peeling fashion. Contact dermatitis arises from contact with a skin irritant. The ensuing irritation can cause sores and skin sloughing. and Seborrheic dermatitis which is associated with skin ...
Contents. Great Haigh Sough. The Great Haigh Sough is a tunnel or adit driven under Sir Roger Bradshaigh's estate between 1653 and 1670, to drain his coal and cannel pits in Haigh on the Lancashire Coalfield. The sough 's portal and two metres of tunnel from where it discharges water into the Yellow Brook at Bottling Wood is a scheduled monument .
Barringer Slough in Iowa, a remnant of the extensive prairie wetlands that once covered the region. The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR; French: Région des cuvettes/fondrières des prairies) is an expansive area of the northern Great Plains that contains thousands of shallow wetlands known as potholes. These potholes are the result of glacier ...
Crossword. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are ...
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