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blanket bog

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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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