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Water Retention Dam in the Misten Raised Bog

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Water Retention Dam in the Misten Raised Bog

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Water Retention Dam in the Misten Raised Bog

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Parc naturel des Hautes-Fagnes – Eifel

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Location: Waimes, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾

November 30, 2022

Backwater to restore the raised bog
The construction of a water backwater follows the following objectives:
1/ Flooding of the dominant moor grass to allow the evolving vegetation to reestablish and sprout;
2/ Slowing down the flow of water and reducing erosion on the existing raised bog area of the "Misten", one of the largest active raised bog areas in Belgium.
Source: information board

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Birgitt

May 21, 2024

The rewetting of the raised bog is clearly described on information boards. You can easily observe how the water overflows work.

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Manuela Kelsner

April 28, 2025

Water retention to preserve peat areas. Here is a small peat section

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