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    The High Fens (German: Hohes Venn; French: Hautes Fagnes; Dutch: Hoge Venen), which were declared a nature reserve in 1957, are an upland area, a plateau...
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    swamps, and bogs. Bogs and fens, both peat-forming ecosystems, are also known as mires. The unique water chemistry of fens is a result of the ground or...
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    The Fens or Fenlands in eastern England are a naturally marshy region supporting a rich ecology and numerous species. Most of the fens were drained centuries...
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    Rhine in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Roer rises in the High Fens, near the 696-metre (2,283 ft) high Signal de Botrange in Belgium at an elevation of 660...
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    Aachen (category Articles containing Old High German (ca. 750-1050)-language text)
    261,000 inhabitants. Aachen is located at the northern foothills of the High Fens and the Eifel Mountains. It sits on the Wurm River, a tributary of the...
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    700 m, such as the Schneifel and High Fens, run through the western part of the plateau. In the eastern part, in the High Eifel and Volcanic Eifel, individual...
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    The German-Belgian High Fens – Eifel Nature Park (German: Naturpark Hohes Venn – Eifel), often called the North Eifel Nature Park (Naturpark Nord Eifel)...
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    Botrange is the highest point in Wallonia and in Belgium, located in the High Fens (Hautes Fagnes in French, Hohes Venn in German, Hoge Venen in Dutch),...
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    Moorbad Gmös Weißer Stein (Eifel) High Fens Monts d'Arrée Großes Torfmoor Hücker Moor Oppenwehe Moor Worringer Bruch High Fens Dwingelderveld Bargerveen Fochteloërveen...
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    The name Silicon Fen originated as an analogy with Silicon Valley in California because Cambridge lies at the southern tip of the Fens. The local growth...
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