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Flow Country

British  

noun

  1. an area of moorland and peat bogs in northern Scotland known for its wildlife, now partly afforested

"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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May 2019's wildfire in the Flow Country in Sutherland released an estimated 700,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere during the incident, according to a WWF Scotland study.

From BBC • May 31, 2023

She lives in Strath Halladale, in the centre of the Flow Country, and supports the bid for Unesco status.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2023

The idea of securing this status has been around since the late 1980s, but over the past few years The Flow Country Partnership has been leading work to secure local support for the formal bid.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2023

Early peatland-restoration efforts began in Flow Country in 1995, focused more on restoring bird habitats.

From Nature • Feb. 11, 2020

To gather evidence, she and her colleagues have installed four towers in Flow Country since 2008 to monitor the flow of gases and temperature, among other variables.

From Nature • Feb. 11, 2020

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