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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.
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Bogs of Europe by country (12 C) I. Bogs of Ireland (2 C, 8 P) This page was last edited on 19 December 2016, at 03:55 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The world's largest wetland is the peat bogs of the Western Siberian Lowlands in Russia, which cover more than a million square kilometres. [9] Large peat bogs also occur in North America, particularly the Hudson Bay Lowland and the Mackenzie River Basin. [ 9 ]
Bogs of the Republic of Ireland (37 P) N. Bogs of the Netherlands (4 P) S. Bogs of Sweden (3 P) Bogs of Switzerland (2 P) U. Bogs of the United Kingdom (1 C)
Bogs of Europe (2 C) N. Bogs of North America (2 C) Pages in category "Bogs" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect ...
Olmany swamps is one of the largest swamp complex of low, raised and transitional peat bogs, which has survived to the present day in its natural state in Europe. The Olmany Swamps Landscape Reserve covers an area of 936.99 km 2. 50% of its area is forests, 40% open swamps and peat bogs, 5% rivers and their shores, and 5% other areas. Up to 1% ...
This is a list of bog bodies grouped by location of discovery. 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.