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unusual facts about raised bog



Ungeheuersee

The Ungeheuersee in the Palatinate Forest of Germany is a raised bog pond, surrounded by mixed forest, which is located about three kilometres west-southwest of the village of Weisenheim am Berg.


see also

Kleiner Kranichsee

The raised bog (Hochmoor) is located at an elevation of 930 metres above sea level (NN) in a clearing in the highland forest southwest of the town of Johanngeorgenstadt.

Seskinore

The name Seskinore is derived from the Irish Seisceann Odhar, which means "brownish marsh/bog", and the area to the north on the way to Omagh is characterised by lowland raised bog.

Wybunbury

The parish also includes the lowland raised bog of Wybunbury Moss, a National Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest.