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Benefits of the swamps
Despite the obvious danger that swamps pose to humans, they have been visited by people since ancient times. Not only mushrooms and berries grow on them, but also numerous medicinal herbs used in traditional medicine.
Source of peat
There is peat in all the marshes (well, marshes and swamps are technically different things but they are very similar anyway). It’s a valuable natural resource used for thermal insulation and as fuel. Moss is the main “ingredient” for the formation of peat. Usually, wetlands are considered a swamp if the thickness of the peat layer in them reaches 1 foot (~30 cm).
