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What is musgate?

posted 8 years ago by thefluffprincess
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They keep saying things like the musgate is melting when they're driving. I tried Googling it but I couldn't find anything. (Possibly because I don't have the correct word, I'm not entirely sure if it's musgate or musgave or something similar.)

[–] yoyodyne123 8 years ago

Muskeg.
A North American swamp or bog consisting of a mixture of water and partly dead vegetation, frequently covered by a layer of sphagnum or other mosses.

[–] thefluffprincess 8 years ago

Thanks!

now what is sphagnum? LOL