Cataract bog
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cataract-bog-273-3989078
title:
Cataract bog
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A cataract bog is a rare ecological community formed where a permanent stream flows over a granite outcropping. The sheeting of water keeps the edges of the rock wet without eroding the soil; in this precarious location no tree or large shrub can maintain a roothold. The result is a narrow, permanently wet, sunny habitat. While a cataract bog is host to plants typical of a bog, it is technically a fen. Bogs get water from the atmosphere, while fens get their water from groundwater seepage. Catar
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Type of wetland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataract_bog
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2021-02-22T05:56:08Z
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