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EA: WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM
EE: VENEER_BOG

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 21
EA label: WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM

Concept definition: A <BOG> occurring on gently sloping <LAND> underlain by generally discontinuous <PERMAFROST>; veneer bog. Although drainage is predominantly below the <SURFACE>, overland flow occurs in poorly defined drain ways during peak <RUN_OFF>. Peat <<THICKNESS>> is usually less than 1,5 metres.
 
Reference type: IR
Reference: [ECORC, Wetland Surface Forms, B19]
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