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swamp A permanently waterlogged area in which there is often associated tree growth, e.g. mangroves in hot climates; moor A tract of unenclosed waste ground, usually covered with heather, coarse grass, bracken, and moss; marsh An periodically inundated area of low ground having shrubs and trees, with or without the formation of peat; bog A commonly used term in Scotland and Ireland for a stretch waterlogged, spongy ground, chiefly composed of decaying vegetable matter, especially of rushes, cotton grass, and sphagnum moss; fen Waterlogged, spongy ground containing alkaline decaying vegetation, characterized by reeds, that may develop into peat. It sometimes occurs in the sinkholes of karst region |
