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This is a list of bogs, wetland mires that accumulate peat from dead plant material, usually sphagnum moss. [1] Bogs are sometimes called quagmires (technically all bogs are quagmires while not all quagmires are necessarily bogs) and the soil which composes them is sometimes referred to as muskeg ; alkaline mires are called fens rather than bogs.
A raised bog in Ķemeri National Park, Jūrmala, Latvia, formed approximately 10,000 years ago in the postglacial period and now a tourist attraction. A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials – often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. [ 1 ]
This is a list of bog bodies in order of country in which they were first discovered. Bog bodies, or bog people, are the naturally preserved corpses of humans and some animals recovered from peat bogs. The bodies have been most commonly found in the Northern European countries of Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The oldest known bog body is the skeleton of Koelbjerg Manfrom Denmark, which has been dated to 8000 BCE, during the Mesolithicperiod.[1] The oldest fleshed bog body is that of Cashel Man, which dates to 2000 BC during the Bronze Age.[4] The overwhelming majority of bog bodies – including examples such as Tollund Man, Grauballe Manand Lindow ...
Pages in category "Bogs" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Ewiges Meer Nature Reserve, raised bog element of the remains of a bog in East Frisia. Peat moss floating mat on a silted-up raised bog kolk. Raised bogs, also called ombrotrophic bogs, are acidic, wet habitats that are poor in mineral salts and are home to flora and fauna that can cope with such extreme conditions.
W. Bogs of Washington (state) (2 P) Bogs of West Virginia (3 P) Bogs of Wisconsin (6 P) Categories: Bogs of the United States. Wetlands of the United States by state. Hidden category: Container categories.
Appalachian bogs. Cranberry Glades, a bog preserve in West Virginia. Appalachian bogs are boreal or hemiboreal ecosystems, which occur in many places in the Appalachian Mountains, particularly the Allegheny and Blue Ridge subranges. [1][2] Though popularly called bogs, many of them are technically fens. [3]
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