muskeg
Example Sentences
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He said it was burning along the surface of the ground through the aftermath of the former blaze and had much less fuel, and that muskeg was generating the smoke noticed by locals.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
There are no ATMs, hospitals, banks or grocery stores in this wilderness of taiga, deciduous and muskeg forest.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2016
Will the coordinates direct us to climb steep slopes or traipse through wet muskeg?
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2012
In the Great Slave Lake area 540 miles north of Edmonton, where Canada's timberlands fade into bleak muskeg swamps stretching northward toward the pole, the signs of oil are as persistent as the mosquitoes.
From Time Magazine Archive
As they rolled down from the forested ridges above the Tanana River, Alex gazed across the expanse of windswept muskeg stretching to the south.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
