Peatland vs Wetland - What's the difference?
peatland | wetland |
Land with peat soil, such as an active or former bog
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 8, author=, title=Letters: Laying the foundations for a greener future, work=The Guardian
, passage=Scientists have shown that palm oil is linked to such large-scale rainforest and peatland destruction that it can be hundreds of times worse for the climate than burning fossil fuels. }}
Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
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, author=Nancy Langston
, title=The Fraught History of a Watery World
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As nouns the difference between peatland and wetland
is that peatland is land with peat soil, such as an active or former bog while wetland is land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.peatland
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wetland
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(wikipedia wetland)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands , lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.}}