Locality
8°18´52" east longitude, 53°18´6" north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Barghorn fen, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europa

Historical relevance of location
In former times fens were usually inaccessible areas. Later on fens were drained for gaining land for agriculture and settlements. Today fens are often protected areas as nature reserve.

Classification of the earth

Structure	peat
Colour	brown
Age	Holocene

Donor

Dr. Gerfried Caspers,
 Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
 Hannover,
 Germany