bog

wetland that accumulates peat due to incomplete decomposition of plant leftovers
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bog

Summary

bog ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (560 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • bog is a type of wetland[2].
  • bog is a type of syntaxon[3].
  • bog's Commons category is recorded as Bogs[4].
  • bog's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bogs[5].
  • bog's Commons gallery is recorded as Bog[6].
  • bog's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[7].
  • bog's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • bog's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[9].
  • bog's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[10].
  • bog's topic has template is recorded as Q26097353[11].
  • bog's different from is recorded as swamp[12].
  • bog's different from is recorded as fen[13].
  • bog's different from is recorded as raised bog[14].
  • bog's different from is recorded as marsh[15].
  • bog's different from is recorded as peatland[16].
  • bog's studied by is recorded as bog ecology[17].
  • bog's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include wetland[2] and syntaxon[3].

Influence

Things named for bog include Drouwenerveen[19], a cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[20], in Netherlands[21]; Laaghalerveen[22], a buurtschap[23], in Netherlands[24]; Bronnegerveen[25], a cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[26], in Netherlands[27]; Gieterveen[28], a village[29], in Netherlands[30]; Eeserveen[31], a cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[32], in Netherlands[33]; Zuidlaarderveen[34], a village[35], in Netherlands[36]; Dalerveen[37], a buurtschap[38], in Netherlands[39]; and Bonnerveen[40], a buurtschap[41], in Netherlands[42].

Why It Matters

bog ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (560 views/month).[1] bog has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] bog is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for bog include Drouwenerveen[19], a cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[20], in Netherlands[21]; Laaghalerveen[22], a buurtschap[23], in Netherlands[24]; Bronnegerveen[25], a cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[26], in Netherlands[27]; Gieterveen[28], a village[29], in Netherlands[30]; Eeserveen[31], a cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[32], in Netherlands[33]; and Zuidlaarderveen[34], a village[35], in Netherlands[36].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from swamp, fen, raised bog +2
    Aliases
    Subclass of wetland, syntaxon
    Topic has template Q26097353
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10981, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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