(1) Fill out the blanks. Pick the right words from the list next to the sentences.

a. Mire is a wetland where there is a constant ……………. or dead ……………. that is not completely decomposed.

b. Mires began to appear in Estonia after the last ice age, ie ……………… years ago.

c. Mire generally arises in ……………. way: either ………………………. ., from which the water has not been able to drain for any reason, or ………………………………………….. which has begun to clog.

d. When moving in the mire, you should step on the rotten of the …………….  in softer places, because they carry.

in the lake, 12000, peat, plant mass, two, cotton grass, depression of the soil