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moorland Definition

moor·land (-land′)

noun

Brit. moor

moorland Usage Examples

Converse of subject

surround: This charming Victorian house is surrounded by open moorland yet only a 5 minute walk to the village pub!

Converse of object

  • undulate: Over to the north the scene is one of desolation, a world empty of anything except undulating moorland.
  • expose: These areas range from stark exposed moorland and edges to rolling meadows accompanied by peaceful dales.
  • surround: The ruins of stone pele towers are found in the surrounding moorland.
  • cross: The 110 mile route crosses the moorland then follows the coast up to Filey.

Adjective modifier

  • heather: Heather moorland covers about 40 % of the Park.
  • bleak: We'd made such good time we pressed on just to get to " the Lion " high up on the bleak moorland.
  • rugged: The terrain often features rugged, boggy moorland, or high mountains.
  • unenclosed: The natural pattern is for woodland on the lower slopes, leading to fields and unenclosed moorland on the summit.
  • boggy: The terrain often features rugged, boggy moorland, or high mountains.
  • peaty: This leads down to Cabin Flat, an extensive area of peaty moorland.

Modifies a noun

  • fringe: In Bowland, however, there has been very little loss except some conversion to grassland on the moorland fringe.
  • plateau: Deep Dale The rough road drops very quickly off the moorland plateau into the head of a valley.
  • catchment: Geostatistical prediction will then be used to map C stocks at a previously unachievable resolution for moorland catchments.
  • vegetation: The Moors for the Future restoration work falls into three main areas: The establishment of moorland vegetation on bare peat damaged by fires.
  • scenery: Starting at Helmsley, we travel over stunning moorland scenery for the first half of the route.
  • pasture: Rough, unfenced sheep-grazed moorland pastures on upper slopes; stone wall enclosed pastures below.

Noun used with modifier

  • peat: The water which comes off this peat moorland is often discolored.
  • granite: Leskernick in Cornwall is typical granite moorland, much the same country as the Reverend Bray's, tho a little further southwest.
  • grass: The flush habitats are generally situated within expanses of grass moorland.

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