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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(geology) An underwater vortex similar to a whirlwind, capable of dislodging, picking up, and moving boulders..
[…] bogs, but only around pools or kolks. The small-scale mosaic of hummocks and hollows so characteristic of the true raised bog is nowhere to be found on a wooded bog. The quaking bog community on the kolk edge, similar to that[…]
[…] bog hollows and kolks.
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Kolk means (geology) An underwater vortex similar to a whirlwind, capable of dislodging, picking up, and moving boulders..
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[…] bogs, but only around pools or kolks. The small-scale mosaic of hummocks and hollows so characteristic of the true raised bog is nowhere to be found on a wooded bog. The quaking bog community on the kolk edge, similar to that[…]
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