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What (who) is Moorland - definition

TYPE OF HABITAT FOUND IN UPLAND AREAS WITH (SOMETIMES MARSHY) POOR ACID SOIL AND OVERGROWN WITH LOW VEGETATION
Moory Land; Moory Earth; The moorland; Peat Moors; Heather moorland; Heather and gorse
  • Extensive moorland in the [[Desert of Wales]]
  • Heather moorland on the [[North York Moors]] mainly consisting of ''[[Calluna vulgaris]]''
  • Oswaldtwistle Moor]], part of the [[West Pennine Moors]], in [[Lancashire]], UK
  • Moorland of [[Kilimanjaro]]

Moorland         
·noun Land consisting of a moor or moors.
moorland         
(also moorlands)
¦ noun chiefly Brit. an extensive area of moor.
moorland         
(moorlands)
Moorland is land which consists of moors.
...rugged Yorkshire moorland.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl

Wikipedia

Moorland

Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and montane grasslands and shrublands biomes, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils. Moorland, nowadays, generally means uncultivated hill land (such as Dartmoor in South West England), but also includes low-lying wetlands (such as Sedgemoor, also South West England). It is closely related to heath, although experts disagree on what precisely distinguishes these types of vegetation. Generally, moor refers to highland and high rainfall zones, whereas heath refers to lowland zones which are more likely to be the result of human activity. Moorland habitats mostly occur in tropical Africa, northern and western Europe, and neotropical South America. Most of the world's moorlands are diverse ecosystems. In the extensive moorlands of the tropics, biodiversity can be extremely high. Moorland also bears a relationship to tundra (where the subsoil is permafrost or permanently frozen soil), appearing as the tundra and the natural tree zone. The boundary between tundra and moorland constantly shifts with climatic change.

Examples of use of Moorland
1. "Ironically, without grouse shooting much of the heather moorland these birds prefer would have been lost.
2. "Other prisoners at Moorland do industrial cleaning, farm work and jobs like that.
3. The intrepid moggies pick their way through moorland and even negotiate tricky stiles on the route.
4. Her body was found three days later on moorland above the A672 in Ripponden, West Yorkshire.
5. Her body was found three days later on moorland near Ripponden, West Yorkshire.