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Meanings of peat bog in inglês

português
paul
catalão
aiguamoll
espanhol
pantano

Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel.

        paul

        Wetland where peat is extracted.

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              Examples for "bog"
              Examples for "bog"
              1
              This bog has developed for a hundred thousand years without your help.
              Fiendish deeds
              2
              Ireland has several native species of carnivorous plants, growing in bog habitats.
              The Irish Times
              3
              The first challenge of the second day was the treacherous vertical bog.
              A change in altitude
              4
              There went a minimum of ten thousand pounds, right down the bog.
              IT
              5
              Patrick Joyce's body was found in a bog in Connemara last year.
              The Irish Times
              Usage of peat bog in inglês
              1
              A problem is in agreeing how much a peat bog emits.
              Reuters
              2
              Well, they'd been buried in a peat bog for who knows how long.
              Walking dead
              3
              There is not much point trying to drive a Ferrari through a peat bog.
              The Irish Times
              4
              It is an unusual type of wetland- araisedpeat bog.
              The new yorker
              5
              It is much harder to restore a peat bog than to replant a forest.
              The Guardian
              6
              The pool has been cut through a peat bog, [Footnote: Peat-bog.
              Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools
              7
              IT was found by peat bog diggers in 1894.
              News.com.au
              8
              Thick clouds of acrid, choking smoke from forest and peat bog fires blanketed the capital.
              Reuters
              9
              The crime scene was decidedly different however, the middle of a peat bog in Co Laois.
              The Irish Times
              10
              A peat bog is drained prior to mining.
              The Guardian
              11
              The peat bog won't beggar me, and the cattle at Ingvorstrup have all the hay they can eat.
              The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
              12
              Seamus Heaney's poem Strange Fruit about a sacrificial victim preserved in peat bog reveals the lyrical power of such remains.
              The Guardian
              13
              Ambitious plans to restore vast tracts of peat bog in the Flow Country of Caithness and Sutherland are being finalised.
              BBC
              14
              Its timbers and materials found surrounding it in the peat bog have since been put through a barrage of tests.
              News.com.au
              15
              Some did not even defend themselves, like the group we caught up with splashing waist deep in a peat bog.
              The sun over breda
              16
              Video: Reuters The stage for this eccentric sport was a peat bog outside the small town of Llanwrtyd Wells in Wales.
              The Irish Times
              Translations for peat bog
              português
              paulturfeira
              espanhol
              pantano