noun
- Plural of muskeg; areas of soft, boggy ground or swamp, especially in northern regions.
Usage: chiefly Canadian; often used in geography and ecology contexts
Examples
- The northern territories contain vast maskegs that are difficult to traverse.
- Moose often wade through maskegs in search of aquatic vegetation.
- The construction project had to account for the unstable maskegs in the region.
- Indigenous peoples developed specialized techniques for traveling across maskegs.
- Climate change is affecting the permafrost beneath many maskegs.