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Land consisting of moors.

moorland [ˈmʊələnd ˈmɔː-]

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Brit an area of moor

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Noun

moorland - open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

moor

champaign, plain, field - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"

Translations

moorland [ˈmʊələnd] N → páramo m, brezal m

moorland [ˈmʊə^rlænd] n → lande f

moorland

n → Moor- or Heideland nt

moorland [ˈmʊələnd] n → brughiera

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