alleryStart learning →What do decaying plants in swamps produce, with low carbon and high moisture content?
ALignite coal beds
BBituminous coal beds
CAnthracite coal beds
DSwamp peat deposits
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Swamp peat deposits
Peat forms from decaying swamp plants and has low carbon and high moisture, so its heating value is low.
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