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    Peat swamp forests are tropical moist forests where waterlogged soil prevents dead leaves and wood from fully decomposing. Over time, this creates a thick...
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    The Borneo peat swamp forests ecoregion, within the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome, are on the island of Borneo, which is divided...
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    Freshwater swamp forests, or flooded forests, are forests which are inundated with freshwater, either permanently or seasonally. They normally occur along...
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    The Sumatran peat swamp forests ecoregion (WWF ID: IM0160) covers the low-lying peat swamp forests along the northeast coast of the island of Sumatra...
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    A swamp is a forested wetland. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in creating this environment. Swamps...
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  • Thumbnail for Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests
    The Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests is an ecoregion on Malay Peninsula, which includes portions of Malaysia. It is in the tropical and subtropical...
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  • Thumbnail for Mega Rice Project
    turn one million hectares of unproductive and sparsely populated peat swamp forest into rice paddies in an effort to alleviate Indonesia's growing food...
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  • Thumbnail for Kahayan River
    The lower Kayahan flows through a rich and unusual environment of peat swamp forests, which has been severely degraded by an unsuccessful program to convert...
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    source of peat; although less common, other wetlands, including fens, pocosins and peat swamp forests, also deposit peat. Landscapes covered in peat are home...
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    Otter civet (category Fauna of the Borneo lowland rain forests)
    uncertain. They are believed to prefer peat swamp forests, but been sighted at low elevations in tropical dry forests. In March 2005, an otter civet was photographed...
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  • Thumbnail for Tonle Sap–Mekong peat swamp forests
    The Tonle Sap-Mekong peat swamp forests ecoregion (WWF ID: IM0165) covers a patchwork of areas permanently inundated with fresh water along the Tonle Sap...
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    quagfen. Some swamps can also be peatlands (e.g.: peat swamp forest), while marshes are generally not considered to be peatlands. Swamps are characterized...
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    100 sq mi), the Borneo peat swamp forests, the Kerangas or Sundaland heath forests, the Southwest Borneo freshwater swamp forests, and the Sunda Shelf mangroves...
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    subhumid forests Puerto Rican moist forests Sri Lanka lowland rain forests Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests Borneo peat swamp forests New Caledonia...
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    Aquilegia canadensis Red Columbine Wetlands portal Freshwater swamp forest Peat swamp forest Swamp Minnesota's St. Croix River Valley and Anoka sandplain:....
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    International as an Important Bird Area (IBA). It contains peat swamp, mixed dipterocarp, and tropical heath forest. The site was identified as an IBA because it supports...
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    Development Programme launched its Wetland and Ecosystem and Tropical Peat Swamp Forest Rehabilitation Project and in November the International Peatland...
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    population. This stork's habitat is primarily dense lowland riverine forest and peat swamp forest, at altitudes not exceeding 240 metres above sea level. The density...
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    Native trees include both heath forest endemics, typical lowland forest species, and species shared with peat swamp forests like Shorea albida, Shorea pachyphylla...
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  • Thumbnail for Coal forest
    Coal forests were the vast swathes of freshwater swamp and riparian forests that covered much of the lands on Earth's tropical regions during the late...
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  • Thumbnail for Borneo lowland rain forests
    Borneo, including the Borneo peat swamp forests, Southwest Borneo freshwater swamp forests, and Sundaland heath forests. These other lowland ecoregions...
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    secondary forest. Populations are more concentrated near riverside habitats, such as freshwater and peat swamp forest, while drier forests away from the...
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    The most extreme freshwater habitats in Peninsular Malaysia is the peat swamp forest that consist of dark-coloured and highly acidic waters. Parosphromenus...
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    canopy of both primary and secondary forests, including peat swamp forests, mixed dipterocarp forests and mangrove forests. The Bornean bristlehead is a sociable...
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    per hectare. After a peat swamp forest has been cleared and drained, the peat soil is still unsuitable for agriculture, because peat soil is nutrient-poor...
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    Lake Sentarum National Park (category Borneo peat swamp forests)
    floodplain, consisting of about 20 seasonal lakes, freshwater swamp forest and peat swamp forest. Local people call it as Lebak lebung (floodplain). The National...
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    lowland rain forests, and on the northern side by Sumatran peat swamp forests. The freshwater swamps differ from the Peat swamp forest in having less...
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    Bornean white-bearded gibbon (category Fauna of the Borneo lowland rain forests)
    albibarbis) in a Degraded Peat-Swamp Forest". Behavioural Ecology of Gibbon (Hylobates albibarbis) in a Degraded Peat-Swamp Forest. pp. 121–156. doi:10...
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    Kelompok Hutan Kahayan or Sabangau peat swamp forest (5,300 km2), between the Katingan and Kahayan rivers. The peat swamp forest is a dual ecosystem, with diverse...
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    Swamp is a shallow, 438,000-acre (177,000 ha), peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia–Florida line in the United States. A majority of the swamp is...
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