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caribou barrens 
n. a tract of low-lying peat bog at one time frequented by caribou; savanna.
See also: caribou plain savanna(h)
- 1855 Situated in the heart of the forest, and surrounded by the woods as by a wall, lie these little plains, covered with a soft and often swampy carpeting of mosses and lichens, which from their being the favourite feeding grounds of the American rein-deer, have obtained the name of Carriboo Barrens, or Bogs.
- 1920 All along the route of the Railway are . . . Caribou barrens.
- 1855 Situated in the heart of the forest, and surrounded by the woods as by a wall, lie these little plains, covered with a soft and often swampy carpeting of mosses and lichens, which from their being the favourite feeding grounds of the American rein-deer, have obtained the name of Carriboo Barrens, or Bogs.