List of bogs
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This is a list of bogs.
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[edit] Types of bogs
- String bog - a bog consisting of slightly elevated ridges and islands, with woody plants, alternating with flat, wet sedge mat areas
- Raised bog
[edit] Locations of bogs
[edit] Europe
- Ballynahone Bog - a raised bog and the largest in Northern Ireland
- Bog of Allen - a large peat bog in the centre of Ireland
- Crymlyn Bog - a nature reserve in near Swansea, south Wales
- Thorsberg moor - a bog near Süderbrarup in Anglia, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Lütt-Witt Moor - a bog in Henstedt-Ulzburg in northern Germany
- Matley Bog - an ancient woodland bog in the New Forest, Hampshire, England
- Max Bog - a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of the village of Winscombe, Avon, in England
- Moseley Bog - a nature reserve in the Moseley area of Birmingham in England
- Portlethen Moss - a nature reserve in northeast Scotland
- Red Moss of Netherley, Scotland
- Yanal Bog is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern edge of the North Somerset Levels in England
- Rejvíz is a Moravian-Silesian peat bog with small lakes in the Czech Republic
- Modravské Slatě in the Šumava region of the Czech Republic
[edit] Americas
- Burns Bog - the largest domed peat bog in North America
- Spruce Hole Bog - a complete ecological community occupying a true kettle hole in Strafford County, New Hampshire
- Big Bog State Recreation Area - a recent addition to the Minnesota state park system
- The Bog Garden - a nature preserve, botanical garden, and city park located in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Kennedy River Bog Provincial Park - a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada
- Mer Bleue Conservation Area - a sphagnum bog east of Ottawa in eastern Ontario
[edit] Asia
- The world's largest peat bog, located in Western Siberia, is thawing for the first time in 11,000 years (see Peat#Environmental and ecological issues)
[edit] See also
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