High Fens
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The High Fens, which were declared a nature reserve in 1957, are an upland area, a plateau region in Liège Province, in the east of Belgium and adjoining parts of northwestern Germany, between the Ard
Fagne Tîrifaye in Waimes
Ardennes and Eifel highlands; the ellipse marks the location of the High Fens.
The bridge on the Amblève River.
Panorama of the High Fens
Raised bog
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Raised bogs, also called ombrotrophic bogs, are acidic, wet habitats that are poor in mineral salts and are home to flora and fauna that can cope with such extreme conditions. Raised bogs, unlike fens
High Fens
…was built here that reaches 700 metres (2,297 ft) above sea level. The reserve is a rich ecological endowment of Belgium covered with alpine sphagnum raised bogs (watered only by precipitation, instead of surface water, as the appellation “fens” would imply), both on the plateau and in the valley basin; the bogs…
Ewiges Meer Nature Reserve, raised bog element of the remains of a bog in East Frisia
Peat moss floating mat on a silted-up raised bog kolk
Layering of a raised bog: plant remains, white peat and black peat (from the top)
A raised bog called Punassuo ("Red Bog") in Teijo National Park, Finland