section_path: Types/Organic lakes/Peat lakes
section_name: Peat lakes
paragraph_text: Peat lakes
  
  Peat lakes are a form of organic lake. They form where a buildup of partly decomposed plant material in a wet environment leaves the vegetated surface below the water table for a sustained period of time. They are often low in nutrients and mildly acidic, with bottom waters low in dissolved oxygen.