Moorland

Definitions

1. Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
   countable, uncountable
2. A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Equivalents

Examples

“The completely-industrialised outskirts of Newcastle gradually give⟳ place⟳ to rural surroundings, and the Tyne becomes a moorland river with a boulder-strewn bed.”

“Troutbeck station, 10 miles from Keswick, in the heart of wild moorland, is the most isolated on the line.”

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