Moorland

/mˈɔːlənd/

/ˈmʊɹˌɫænd/

Moorland

an open and high land covered with grass, bushes and heather

synonyms : moor

Examples

1. In 2017, a scientist in Switzerland witnessed a female moorland hawker dragonfly being harassed by aggressive males.

2. Sophie spends the whole day outdoors among the mountains, lochs, peat and moorland.

3. Found approximately 30 miles east of Manchester, the area is dominated by Victorian mills, row houses, sheep farms and beautifully bleak moorland.

4. Above the treeline, however, things become even more unusual as we enter a subtropical grassland, moorland or heathland, depending upon region.