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What (who) is muskeg - definition

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muskeg         
['m?sk?g]
¦ noun a swamp or bog in northern North America.
Origin
C19: from Cree.
Muskeg         
Muskeg (Ojibwe: mashkiig; ; , lit. moss bog) is a peat-forming ecosystem found in several northern climates, most commonly in Arctic and boreal areas.
Muskeg Gap         
  • Location of Nordenskjöld Coast.
Muskeg Gap () is a low isthmus at the north end of Sobral Peninsula on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. The gap provides a coastal route between Larsen Inlet and Mundraga Bay, which avoids a long detour around Sobral Peninsula.

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Muskeg

Muskeg (Ojibwe: mashkiig; Cree: maskīk; French: fondrière de mousse, lit. moss bog) is a peat-forming ecosystem found in several northern climates, most commonly in Arctic and boreal areas. Muskeg is approximately synonymous with bog or peatland, and is a standard term in Western Canada and Alaska. The term became common in these areas because it is of Cree origin; maskek (ᒪᐢᑫᐠ) meaning "low-lying marsh".

Muskeg consists of non-living organic material in various states of decomposition (as peat), ranging from fairly intact sphagnum moss, to sedge peat, to highly decomposed humus. Pieces of wood can make up five to fifteen percent of the peat soil. The water table tends to be near the surface. The sphagnum moss forming it can hold fifteen to thirty times its own weight in water, which allows the spongy wet muskeg to also form on sloping ground.

Muskeg patches are ideal habitats for beavers, pitcher plants, agaric mushrooms and a variety of other organisms.

Examples of use of muskeg
1. Underneath the muskeg lie the oil sands, by some measures the world‘s largest petroleum reserves outside Saudi Arabia.