The Broads
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The Broads is a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Although the terms "Norfolk Broads" and "Suffolk Broads" are correctly used to identify spe
Ormesby Little Broad, part of the Norfolk Broads near Great Yarmouth
Drainage windmills on the Norfolk Broads
Mutton's Mill, one of the many historic drainage windpumps on the Norfolk Broads
The point at which the River Yare and the River Waveney merge into Breydon Water
Peat
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Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. Sphagnum moss, also called peat moss, is one
The Broads
…the two counties respectively, often the whole area is referred to as the Norfolk Broads. The lakes, known as broads, were formed by the flooding of peat workings. The Broads, and some surrounding land, were constituted as a special area with a level of protection similar to a national park by the Norfolk…
A lump of peat
Peat stacks in Südmoslesfehn (district of Oldenburg, Germany) in 2013
Peat gatherers at Westhay, Somerset Levels in 1905
Peat extraction in East Frisia, Germany in 1987