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moor: synonyms: moorland, wold ???

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a type of habitat found in upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and montane grasslands and shrublands biomes, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils. Moorland nowadays generally means uncultivated hill land (such as Dartmoor in South West England), but includes low-lying wetlands (such as Sedgemoor, also South West England). It is closely related to heath although experts disagree on precisely what distinguishes the types of vegetation. Generally, moor refers to highland, high rainfall zones, whereas heath refers to lowland zones which are more likely to be the result of human activity.

Heathland and moorland are the most extensive areas of semi-natural vegetation in the British Isles. The eastern British moorlands are similar to heaths but are differentiated by having a covering of peat. On western moors the peat layer may be several metres thick.

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Like women in English novels who walked the moors (whatever they were) with their loyal dogs racing at a respectful distance

Maya Angelou. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)

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There was a deer trail through the heather, and the going was fairly easy, so I kept up with no difficulty. After a bit, we came out onto a stretch of moorland, where we could walk side by side.

Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)

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This is an urban age. The men of the villages, alas, are leaving behind them the green fields and purple moors of their childhood, are foolishly crowding into the narrow lanes and purlieus of the great cities.

Grant Allen. The British Barbarians

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towards evening and have some evening shooting; we'll spend the night there and go on tomorrow to the bigger moors."

Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)

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Do you know that you run a risk of being lost in the marshes? People familiar with these moors often miss their road on such evenings;

Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)

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In its cold light I saw beyond the trees a broken fringe of rocks, and the long, low curve of the melancholy moor.

Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902)

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In The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson get a visit from James Mortimer, who is a doctor from the moors in Devon.