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- 1. a low and marshy or frequently flooded area of land: "a native species of fens and damp meadows"
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A fen is a type of peat -accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water. [1][2] It is one of the main types of wetland along with marshes, swamps, and bogs. Bogs and fens, both peat-forming ecosystems, are also known as mires. [2] . The unique water chemistry of fens is a result of the ground or surface water input.
The meaning of FEN is low land that is covered wholly or partly with water unless artificially drained and that usually has peaty alkaline soil and characteristic flora (as of sedges and reeds).
fen, type of wetland ecosystem, especially a low-lying area, wholly or partly covered with water and dominated by grasses and grasslike plants such as sedges and reeds. Fens develop on slopes, in depressions, or on flats as a result of sustained flows of mineral-rich groundwater in the root zone.
The Environmental Protection Agency defines fens as "peat-forming wetlands that receive nutrients from sources other than precipitation" (EPA 2008) and as "freshwater peat-forming wetlands covered mostly by grasses, sedges, reeds, and wildflowers" (EPA 2004).
(Definition of fen from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
A fen is a marshy area — a damp, grassy area of ground. If your entire back yard is a fen, you'll want to wear tall rubber boots when you walk your dog.
Define fen. fen synonyms, fen pronunciation, fen translation, English dictionary definition of fen. n. An area of low wet land having peaty soil and typically being less acidic than a bog. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth...
A family with more than one son was required to divide (fen) the property evenly between them before, at, or after the death of the family head. The concept of fen is also known otherwise in the common childhood cry of fen-half (or h-half), to reserve the right to a half share, usually of food.
Fen is used to refer to an area of low, flat, wet land, especially in the east of England. ...the flat fen lands near Cambridge. Synonyms: marsh , moss [ Scottish ] , swamp , bog More Synonyms of fen
an area of low, flat, wet land, especially in the east of England. There was an early morning mist rising from the fens. The Fens were drained in the seventeenth century. They rode home across the fen. Definition of fen noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
