fens
Waterlogged flat terrain
Fens are low-lying areas of waterlogged, marshy ground—wetlands characterized by peat soil and distinctive plant communities.
Unlike bogs, fens receive water from groundwater rather than just rainfall, making them slightly less acidic.
The trail wound through the fens where cattails grew thick.
In Britain, the Fens refers specifically to the flat marshlands of eastern England, much of which has been drained for agriculture. (Capitalized Fens refers specifically to the English region.)
Wetland with accumulated plant matter
- marshlandWaterlogged lowland area
- wetlandWaterlogged land ecosystem
- moorlandOpen uncultivated upland
- quagmireSoft, wet ground
mire · bog · swamp · slough · morass · muskeg · polder · floodplain
Wetland grass thicket
Saturated with liquid
- soddenSaturated with liquid
- soggyThoroughly wet and soft
- spongySoft and absorbent
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
inundated · flooded · groundwater · drainage · ditches · dykes · sluices
Obscured by vapor
- murkyDark and unclear
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- desolateBleak and abandoned
brooding · ghostly · spectral · shrouded · fogbound · lonely · windswept · twilit
Range of life forms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- bitternStocky marsh heron
- otterSemi-aquatic weasel relative
waterfowl · waders · dragonflies · eels · wildfowling · birdwatching · conservation · restoration
peatland
Wetland with accumulated plant matter
quagmire · mire · bog · swamp · slough · morass · muskeg · polder · floodplain · lowland
reedbed
Wetland grass thicket
waterlogged
Saturated with liquid
saturated · inundated · flooded · groundwater · drainage · ditches · dykes · sluices
misty
Obscured by vapor
desolate · brooding · ghostly · spectral · shrouded · fogbound · lonely · windswept · twilit · primeval
biodiversity
Range of life forms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- bitternStocky marsh heron
otter · waterfowl · waders · dragonflies · eels · wildfowling · birdwatching · conservation · restoration
- ecosystemsrainforest, forest, desert, jungle, ocean
- European natureAlps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, Balkans, Mediterranean
- landscapesmountain, valley, hills, landscape, scenery
- habitatsforest, ocean, lake, river, pond
- wetlandsswamp, swamps, marsh, marshes, marshland
- hydrologyrivers, streamflow, aquifers, aquifer, lakes
fenssolid ground
Stable surface beneath
firm ground · bedrock · rock · hardpan · terra firma
fensdeserts
Abandons or barren lands
arid lands · drylands · steppes · savannas · scrublands
defenestration, fen, fenland, fenlands, fenestration, fenny, fencerow, defenestrate