• 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...
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    The various types of raised bog may be divided into: Coastal bog Plateau bog Upland bog Kermi bog String bog Palsa bog Polygonal bog In cool climates with...
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  • Creek Raised Bog is a 40-acre raised bog located in Randolph County, Indiana, near Farmland. Identified as one of the few post-glacial raised bogs remaining...
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    is also called a bog pool, bog eye, raised bog kolk, bog kolk or just kolk. Bog ponds owe their existence to the growth of the bog body and are thus...
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    of raised and transitional bogs of Switzerland Astley and Bedford Mosses - peat located in Astley, Greater Manchester Ballynahone Bog - a raised bog and...
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    A bog body is a human cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog. Such bodies, sometimes known as bog people, are both geographically and...
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  • Their bog site, on the Acadian Peninsula, was previously used for block-cutting peat for fuel and so consisted of ditches of Sphagnum and raised areas...
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    The Bog of Allen (Irish: Móin Alúine) is a large raised bog in the centre of Ireland between the rivers Liffey and Shannon. The bog's 958 square kilometers...
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    Hornisgrinde (category Bogs of Baden-Württemberg)
    from Latin, and essentially translates to "boggy head," referring to the raised bog (Hochmoor). Another interpretation of the name is derived from the terms...
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    water. This eventually choked the lakes and raised above the surface, forming raised bogs.: 5–10  Blanket bogs are essentially a product of human activity...
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