blanket bog

noun

1. a very acid peat bog, low in nutrients, extending widely over a flat terrain, found in cold wet climates

Example Sentences

But attracting the number of insects required to populate the third largest blanket bog in Northern Ireland could take as long as six years.

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It moved slowly and burned deeply into the blanket bog.

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The majority of the UK's peatlands are in Scotland's upland regions, which is home to the Flow Country, the most intact and extensive blanket bog system in the world.

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The area of Caithness and Sutherland contains the most intact and extensive blanket bog system in the world.

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The area is sparsely populated, with small communities around the fringes of the blanket bog.

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