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Clara Bog

Les noms des biens figurent dans la langue dans laquelle les Etats parties les ont soumis.

Irlande (Europe et Amérique du nord)
Date de soumission : 28/09/1992
Catégorie : Naturel
Soumis par : National Monuments & Historic Properties Service
Coordonnées County Offaly
Ref.: 307

Description

Clara Bog is a raised bogland which covers an area of 665 hectares. It is bounded on the north by a glacial esker ridge and tot he south by cut-away bog. On the eastern edge, it grades into fen and a small ash woodland. The surface topography is undulating with the peat reach depths of over 10m in places. Extensive parts of the bog have vegetation typical of raised bogs with well developed complexes of hummocks and hollows and lawns of sphagna. A few dry, calluna-dominated ridges also occur. An area of 465 hectares has been declared a National Nature Reserve. Research into aspects of the geology, hydrology and ecology of the bog is being jointly undertaken by Dutch and Irish scientists.