Paludification
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Paludification is the most common process by which peatlands in the boreal zone are formed. Paludification involves peat accumulation on previously drier, vegetated habitats in mineral soils, represen
Paludification is the process by which forest is converted to peatland.
West Siberian Plain
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The West Siberian Plain is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River in the east, and the Altai Mountains on the southeas
Paludification
…the hydrological characteristics of the landscape. The flat topography (and thus low slopes) in the two major peatlands in the world, located in the West Siberian Plain and in the Hudson/James Bay Lowlands of Canada respectively, illustrate the significance of this factor. Geology and soils (i.e. bedrock and texture…
View of the Vasyugan River
Western Siberian plain seen from the Trans-Siberian Railway outside Tatarskaya