Translations:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Nature/Bogs & Fens/3/en
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3. Name 6 things that are needed for bog formation.
- A basin with no drainage.
- Rain and Snow are the only sources of water.
- Cool to cold climates.
- More precipitation than evaporation, saturated conditions.
- Reduced rate of decomposition resulting in peat formation
- Specific and amazing plant adaptations
4. Name and describe three different types of true bogs.
- Blanket Bog or Blanket Mire
- This type of bog has extensive peat cover not just covering basin filled with water, but these ‘blankets’ extend past the basin boundaries and cover the ground over large areas including hilltops, slopes and plateaus. Two hundred days of rainfall a year are needed to form these bogs.
