muskeg
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈmʌs.kɛg/
- Specialized
:
tierra pantanosa
- Wildlife thrives in the muskeg, where the rich soil supports diverse plant life and serves as a habitat for many animals.
- muskeg and bogs
- muskeg and spruce
- muskeg and forest
Its force would train at Adak, practice amphibious landings from Lcis and LCTS, and accustom itself to muskeg travel.
- Its force would train at Adak, practice amphibious landings from Lcis and LCTS, and accustom itself to muskeg travel.
Examples
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Before them, the camp stretched, nestled on the edge of the marshy flats, muskeg spreading out into the northern horizon in a green haze.
Fiction book (1990) -
To the east, the Big River raced in a torrential flood, overfilling its banks to drown portions of muskeg.
Fiction book (1990) -
If we wait, we'll have to cross the muskeg.
Fiction book (1990) -
Around the cabin are miles of black spruce forest and muskeg, with a line of snow-veined mountains in the distance.
Fiction book (1995) -
Larger children were sent to the scattered barrels to pour in the delicious berries, with instructions not to trip on the clumpy muskeg.
Fiction book (2002) -
The Ring of Fire area of muskeg swamps in northwestern Ontario may be the site of a major new chromite mine that could affect the fate of the caribou.
Academic text (2012) -
Sitting in the copilot's seat, I got a good look at the terrain, which directly below us was a flat coastal foreland latticed with rivers and small streams flowing to the ocean through muskegs and spruce forests.
Academic text (1990) -
She passed whole trees bent into permanent arcs by the winter's storms, rotting logs lay everywhere, and she plodded through a stretch of muskeg that almost sucked off her boots.
Fiction book (1995) -
Around them, there is heavy vegetation now—snow-covered sedge tussocks, knee-deep muskeg, and twisted thickets that are treacherous and slow to tramp through.
Fiction book (1993) -
The trail we took was soft and challenging, winding through the muddy muskeg filled with moss and fungi.
Synonyms
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Soft wet ground that is hard to walk on
Dark wet ground that has an always frozen layer under it in Arctic regions
How Wet
Surface Forms
Etymology
Muskeg comes from an Algonquian word maskeg meaning 'swamp' or 'bog'. So think of muskeg as soft, wet ground full of moss and rotting plants that can make you sink and is common in northern regions.