fen
A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water. It is one of the main types of wetlands along with marshes, swamps, and bogs. Bogs and fens, both peat-forming ecosystems, are also known as mires. T ...
is a type of wetland.
Fen, Fenn, Fens, Fenns, may also refer to:
Fen Cresswell
George Fenwick Cresswell (22 March 1915 – 10 January 1966) was a cricketer who played three Tests for New Zealand. Born in Wanganui, he was the older brother of Arthur Cresswell. He was the 50th Test cap for New Zealand.
Cricket career
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(1915–1966), New Zealand cricketer
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Fen McDonald
Fenley John "Fen" McDonald (25 May 1891 – 25 April 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
He was a member of the First AIF, and was killed in action during the ...
(1891–1915), Australian rules footballer
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Kees Fens
Kees Fens (18 October 1929 in Amsterdam – 14 June 2008) was a Dutch writer, essayist and literary critic.Vitaly Fen (born ), Uzbekistani diplomat
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The Fens
The Fens, also known as the , in eastern England are a naturally marshy region supporting a rich ecology and numerous species. Most of the fens were drained centuries ago, resulting in a flat, dry, low-lying agricultural region supported by a ...
Fen Complex The Fen Complex ( no, Fensfeltet) in Nome, Telemark, Norway is a region noted for an unusual suite of igneous rocks. Several varieties of carbonatite are present in the area as well as lamprophyre, ijolite and other highly alkalic rocks. It is the ...
, Norway, an area of unusual igneous rocks
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Fen Prefecture Fenzhou or Fen Prefecture (汾州) was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Fenyang, Shanxi, China. It existed (intermittently) from 488 to 1912. During the Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty
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, a region of Imperial China
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Fen River
The Fen River drains the center of Shanxi Province, China. It originates in the Guancen Mountains of Ningwu County in northeast Shanxi, flows southeast into the basin of Taiyuan, and then south through the central valley of Shanxi before turni ...
, in China
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Fenn College
Fenn typically appears as a surname. Occasionally it appears as a middle name, pen name or name of a fictional character.
Notable people with the name Fenn
As a surname
*Courtenay Hughes Fenn (1866–1927), American-Chinese Presbyteria ...
, predecessor of Cleveland State University
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Fenn Tower
Fenn Tower is a 22-story skyscraper in Cleveland, Ohio. It is owned by Cleveland State University. It was built for the National Town and Country Club, but was only used for one event before closing. It was originally known as the National Town an ...
, building on the campus of Cleveland State University
* Fenn's Moss, part of a British nature reserve
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Fen (band)
Fen is a British post-black metal band formed in 2006 from the Fens of East Anglia signed to the label Code666. Their Myspace page reports that they "draw the listener into a windswept and desolate landscape, bereft of hope". In 2006 they re ...
, a British metal band
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Fen (currency)
A fen () (Cantonese: sin []), is a unit of currency used in Greater China, including the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Island of Taiwan, Taiwan), Hong Kong (called a Cent (currency), cent in English) and Macao (called an ''av ...
, a unit of the renminbi, the currency of China
* Fen (play), a play by the British playwright Caryl Churchill
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Far East Network
The Far East Network (FEN) was a network of American military radio and television stations, primarily serving U.S. Forces in Japan, Okinawa, the Philippines, and Guam.
Overview
Now known as the American Forces Network-Japan (AFN-Japan), wit ...
, a network of American military radio and television stations
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Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) is a European federation of scientific societies for basic scientists and physicians whose research is focused on the brain and nervous system (i.e., neuroscience).
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(FENS), a scholarly federation
* Fen TV, a Bulgarian television channel
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Fenny Stratford railway station
Fenny Stratford is a railway station that serves the Fenny Stratford area of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. It is on the Marston Vale Line that links Bletchley and Bedford, about one mile (1.7 km) east of Bletchley railway station.
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Fernando de Noronha Airport
Gov. Carlos Wilson Airport is the airport serving the island of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. It is the easternmost airport of Brazil and the only facility located in the Brazilian oceanic islands.
It is operated by Dix Empreendimentos.
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Forsyth–Edwards Notation
Forsyth–Edwards Notation (FEN) is a standard notation for describing a particular board position of a chess game. The purpose of FEN is to provide all the necessary information to restart a game from a particular position.
FEN is based on a sys ...