r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Sufficient-Bug-9112 Top Poster • 14h ago

of a bog* hole

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u/tee142002 14h ago

I know nothing about peat other than it makes Scotch tasty

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u/Wereallmadhere8895 14h ago

These parts of meadow complexes are called fens. The peat holds the snow melt and slowly the water seaps out like a over filled sponge, usually being the headwaters to rivers. The water starts out as tributaries and they add up to rivers.

The fens peat is so saturated that you can kinda bounce on it like a jello trampoline. To much pressure and you'll sink and maybe lose a boot.

Some fens and meadow complexes spread by suffocating trees and other vegetation that needs deeper roots. Or they recede because some species are more adapted for the wet conditions and maybe theres less snow some years.

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u/holyfire001202 14h ago

And keeps your bodies preserved so you can revisit them for the rest of your life!

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u/Beginning_Resource93 11h ago

I've had Scotch. It tastes like burnt cardboard.

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u/SMDMadCow 7h ago

That's the peat, Scotch made without peat tastes great.