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Princeton's WordNet

  1. heath, heathlandnoun

    a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation

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  1. heathlandnoun

    A tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, found on mainly infertile acidic soils. Similar to moorland but with warmer and drier climate.

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  1. heathland

    A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain—a cooler and damper climate. Heaths are widespread worldwide but are fast disappearing and considered a rare habitat in Europe. They form extensive and highly diverse communities across Australia in humid and sub-humid areas where fire regimes with recurring burning are required for the maintenance of the heathlands. Even more diverse though less widespread heath communities occur in Southern Africa. Extensive heath communities can also be found in the Texas chaparral, New Caledonia, central Chile, and along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. In addition to these extensive heath areas, the vegetation type is also found in scattered locations across all continents, except Antarctica.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of heathland in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of heathland in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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