Lexic.us

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Definition of Muskeg

1. a marsh [n -S] - See also: marsh

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muskeg

Literary usage of Muskeg

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Alpine Meadows & muskeg muskeg is a mass of low, dead plants decomposing in ... The most important plant in muskeg is sphagnum moss, which holds as much as ..."

2. Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Few of the muskeg plants grow more than a foot tall. The most important plant in muskeg is sphagnum moss, which holds as much as 30 times its own weight in ..."

3. Annual Report (new Series). by Geological Survey of Canada (1899)
"Ridges rising from the muskeg are composed of boulders of gneiss only. ... muskeg Lake. muskeg Lake lies entirely in granite-gneiss, generally coai-se and ..."

4. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1905)
"Then follows 80 c. of muskeg, which extends to a considerable distance east and west. ... The last 30 c. of the sixth mile pass through another muskeg, ..."

5. Canada on the Pacific: Being an Account of a Journey from Edmonton to the by Charles Horetzky (1874)
"A Delightful Country—The Grand muskeg—Half-way to Peace River—Back into the Prairies—A Rude Awakening—Prairie Fire—A Cache—The Great Peace River ..."

6. Report by Ontario Dept. of Mines (1905)
"Then follows 80 c. of muskeg, which extends to a considerable distance east and west. ... The last 30 c. of the sixth mile pass through another muskeg, ..."

7. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1906)
"muskeg continues for the first twenty-five chains of concession VI, ... Lots IX and X are swampy with smaller spruce, and about ten chains of muskeg. ..."

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