blanket bog
Britishnoun
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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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