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Thermokarst

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taliknounAn area of permanently unfrozen waterlogged soil surrounded by permafrost
permafrostnounPermanently frozen ground, or a specific layer thereof.
periglaciationnounGeomorphic processes resulting from seasonal thawing of snow in areas of permafrost, the runoff from which refreezes in ice wedges and other structures.
ground frostnoun(meteorology) The condition of air temperature dropping below the freezing point at or near ground level.
superfrostnounAn exceptionally severe frost.
lithalsanounA frost-induced raised landform in permafrost areas with mineral-rich soils, where a perennial ice lens has developed within the soil.
polar desertnoun(geography) A region of Earth that fall under an ice cap climate.
morphosculpturenoun(geography) A geographic feature formed by the action of water or ice.
cryollnoun(soil science) A kind of mollisol found in cold climates.
cryospherenounAll those areas of the Earth where the surface is frozen.
frostbeltnoun(also with capital) Especially, the north and north-east of the United States.
kryalnounThe portion of a stream fed by meltwaters from ice.
gelisolnounA kind of soil found in cold climates, containing permafrost near the surface.
frost heavenounA raising of the level of the ground due to the freezing of moist soil
tuyanoun(geology) Table mountain formed during subglacial volcanic eruptions, consisting primarily of a mound of pyroclastic palagonitic tuff, lava delta hyaloclastites, and pillow lavas erupted subaqueously in an englacial lake, capped by a resistant layer of subaerially-emplaced lava.
alasnounA type of geological depression which occurs in Yakutia, formed by the subsidence of permafrost.
ledoyomnoun(geology) Intermontane depressions which might get completely filled by glaciers from the surrounding mountains at the maxima of glaciation, creating esker-like depressions under the ice.
polygonbodennounpolygonal patches of ground, found especially in frozen environments.
cold spotnoun(physiology, dermatology) A sensory area in the skin that responds to a decrease in temperature.
katabatic windnoun(climatology) A drainage wind or a fall wind: a wind, such as the bora or Bohemian wind, which moves high density air from a higher elevation down an incline, due to the force of gravity.

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