| 31. | In these two townlands lies Ballynahone Bog, one of the largest lowland raised bogs in Northern Ireland.
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| 32. | Large parts of the Teufelsmoor area consist of raised bog peat which is formed from sphagnum moss.
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| 33. | Thus the raised bog rises very slowly above the level of the groundwater level, hence its name.
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| 34. | The problem is particularly acute for raised bogs as they yield a higher-grade fuel than blanket bogs.
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| 35. | It contains several raised bogs or domes, separated from each other by extensive areas of streamside meadows.
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| 36. | The river rises on Paddaburn Moor in Kielder Forest and skirts the eastern edge of raised bog.
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| 37. | South of the mountain is an area of raised bog which forms the source region of the Zwittebach.
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| 38. | This Wetland is a raised bog.
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| 39. | The ring ouzel prefers semi-open stone runs and lightly wooded transition zones between treeless raised bogs and forests.
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| 40. | This makes the region very different from the Atlantic and sub-Atlantic raised bogs of western and central Lower Saxony.
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