Chat Moss
Introduction
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Chat Moss
Image: © Anthony Parkes Taken: 3 Feb 2013
Chat Moss is a lowland raised bog. In areas where drainage is poor, water-logging can slow down plant decomposition, producing peat, which over the years can raise the level of the bog above that of the surrounding land. The moss occupies an area of about 10.6 square miles, and is about 5 miles long, about 2.5 miles across at its widest point, lying 75 feet above sea level. Chat Moss lies mainly in Salford, but extends into Wigan. By the 1990s, an estimated 72 per cent of the bog had been reclaimed, most of it for agriculture. About 230 acres of degraded bog remain, with 766 acres of undamaged peat deposits in four former peat extraction sites. The peat varies in depth between 24 feet and 30 feet.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.470108
Longitude
-2.43608