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• fen — fen1 /fen/, n. 1. low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh. 2. the Fens, a marshy region W and S of The Wash, in E England. [bef. 900; ME, OE; c. ON fen quagmire, Goth fani mud, D ven, G Fenn fen, bog] fen2 /fen/ …   Universalium

• Soil seed bank — The soil seed bank is the collective name for the store of seeds, often dormant, which are stored within the soil of many terrestrial ecosystems. Background Soil seeds banks of particular taxa have been classified according to the longevity of… …   Wikipedia

• fen — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fenn; akin to Old High German fenna fen, Sanskrit paṅka mud Date: before 12th century low land that is covered wholly or partly with water unless artificially drained and that usually has peaty… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fen — fen1 noun a low and marshy or frequently flooded area of land. ↘(the Fens) flat low lying areas of Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, and Norfolk, formerly marshland but now largely drained. ↘Ecology wetland with alkaline, neutral, or only slightly… …   English new terms dictionary

• Canadian system of soil classification — The Canadian system of soil classification is more closely related to the American system than any other. They differ in several ways. The Canadian system is designed to cover only Canadian soils. The Canadian system dispenses with a sub order… …   Wikipedia

• Flag Fen — (Coordinates: 52°34 27.71 N, 0°11 23.23 W) near Peterborough, England is a Bronze Age site, probably religious. It comprises a large number of poles arranged in five very long rows (around 1 km) connecting Whittlesey Island with Peterborough… …   Wikipedia

• Muck (soil) — Muck is a soil made up primarily of humus from drained swampland. It is known as black soil in The Fens of eastern England, where it was originally mainly fen and bog. It is used there, as in the United States, for growing specialty crops such as …   Wikipedia

• A151 road — UK road routebox road= A151 length mi= length km= direction= start= Colsterworth destinations= end= Holbeach construction date= completion date= junctions= The A151 road is relatively minor part of the British road system. It lies entirely in the …   Wikipedia

• The Fens — The Fens, also known as the Fenland, is a geographic area in eastern England, in the United Kingdom. The Fenland primarily lies around the coast of the Wash; it reaches into two Government regions (East Anglia and the East Midlands), four modern… …   Wikipedia

• Mere (lake) — Mere in English refers to a lake that is broad in relation to its depth, e.g. Martin Mere. A significant effect of its shallow depth is that for all or most of the time, it has no thermocline. Contents 1 Derivation of the word 1.1 Etymology 1.2… …   Wikipedia

• King Street (Roman road) — King Street is the name of a modern road on the line of a Roman road (getamap|TF106117|map. It runs on a straight course in eastern England, between the City of Peterborough and South Kesteven in Lincolnshire. This English name has long been… …   Wikipedia