fen

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The Sacketts’ property was connected to a fen and, thence, to the lake, via a “shallow subsurface flow” of moisture, the agency advised, making it subject to the 1972 Clean Water Act.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022

Mammals like the red squirrel and water vole, birds like the curlew and plants such as the fen orchid squeezed out by loss of habitat and pollution.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2021

She found, about 15 inches underground, partially decayed roots, twigs and the cold moisture of a fen.

From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2020

She keeps her world of the fen people half-hidden from him, although she explains how they “call upon the water” to form islands without digging or creating dikes or walls.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2019

On the other side the meads had become rolling downs of withered grass amidst a land of fen and tussock.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien