Wood Buffalo Word Search
Free Wood Buffalo word search. We picked 12 themed words — its landforms, its wildlife, and the habitats inside it — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: BISON, MUSKEG, SALTPLAINS, DUNES, LIMESTONE, ESKER, FENS, PEATLAND, BOGS, WETLAND, BOREAL, TAIGA.
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Wood Buffalo word list, defined
- BISON /ˈbaɪsən/ · noun
- A large wild bovine mammal with a massive head, shoulder hump, and shaggy coat; specifically the American bison of North America or the closely related European bison (wisent). Related: buffalo, wisent.
- MUSKEG /mʌskɛɡ/ · noun
- A type of wetland characterized by a thick layer of peat, often found in boreal forests, particularly in Canada and Alaska. Related: peatland, bog, fen.
- DUNES /djuːnz/ (British); /duːnz/ (US) · noun
- Plural of 'dune': ridges or hills of sand formed by the wind, especially along seashores or in deserts. Related: sandhills, sanddrifts, ridges, hillocks.
- LIMESTONE /ˈlaɪmˌstoʊn/ · noun
- A type of sedimentary rock that is composed mainly of calcium carbonate, often used as a building material. Related: marble, sandstone, granite, slate.
- ESKER /ˈɛskər/ · noun
- A long, narrow ridge of sand and gravel deposited by a stream flowing beneath or within a retreating glacier, typically running in the direction of ice flow. Related: ridge, os, sandar.
- FENS /fɛnz/ · noun
- Fens are low-lying wetlands, especially waterlogged peaty marshland fed by groundwater; the word is chiefly used in the plural. Capitalized as "the Fens," it denotes the flat, formerly marshy region of eastern England around the Wash. Related: marshes, marshland, wetlands, bogs.
- PEATLAND /piːtˈlænd/ · noun
- A type of wetland that accumulates peat, a soil made of partially decayed plant matter, often found in cool and humid climates. Related: bog, marsh, swamp, fen.
- BOGS /bɒɡz/ (UK), /bɑːɡz/ (US) · noun (plural); verb (third-person singular)
- As a noun, bogs are areas of wet, spongy ground consisting of decaying vegetation such as peat moss. As a verb, it is the third-person singular of 'to bog', meaning to become or cause something to become stuck in mud or mire. Related: marshes, swamps, mires, fens.
- WETLAND /wɛtlænd/ · noun
- A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water either permanently or seasonally, such as a marsh, swamp, or bog. Wetlands are characterized by their unique plant and animal communities that are adapted to living in saturated conditions. Related: marsh, swamp, bog, fen.
- BOREAL /ˈbɔːriəl/ · adjective
- Relating to or situated in the northern regions of the world, especially the cold, forested subarctic zone; also used to describe the north wind or the north in general. Related: northern, subarctic, arctic, polar.
- TAIGA /tɑɪɡə/ · noun
- A vast region of coniferous forests in subarctic regions of Russia, Canada, and Alaska, characterized by long, cold winters and short, mild summers. It is the world's largest terrestrial biome. Related: forest, woodland, boreal forest, coniferous forest.
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