Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation, has poorer drainage than a swamp, soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel
English: bog, peat bog
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rawaBahasa Indonesia
bog, fen, fenland, marsh, marshland
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Noun
Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation, usually is a transition zone between land and water
English: marsh, marshland, fen, fenland
Bahasa: lembah, paya, rawang, paya-paya, pandau
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Low land that is seasonally flooded, has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
English: swamp, swampland
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