skip to main content
LOTERRE

LOTERRE

Search from vocabulary

Content language

| español français
Search help

Concept information

Preferred term

peat  

Definition(s)

  • Peat is an organic deposit formed on Earth's surface under waterlogged conditions. In most soils, dead organic matter is consumed in the presence of oxygen by organisms such as invertebrates, fungi, and bacteria about as quickly as it is added through processes such as leaf fall and plant death. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Peat]

Broader concept(s)

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-RTBK570Z-N

Download this concept: