Look up: permafrost

1. permafrost
   Perennially frozen ground that occurs wherever the temperature remains below 0 degrees C for several years.
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2. Permafrost
   Soil, rock and sediment where the temperature stays below 0°C for at least two consecutive winters and the summer in between. Permafrost usually occurs in a layer some distance beneath the topsoil.
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3. permafrost
   [n] - ground that is permanently frozen
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4. permafrost
   permanently frozen ground or rock Category: The cosmos • Permanently frozen ground that occurs wherever ground temperatures remain continuously below 0 C for two or more years. Category: Botany and zoology
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5. Permafrost
   Layer of permanently frozen soil.
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6. permafrost
   noun ground that is permanently frozen
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7. permafrost
   perennially frozen ground, a naturally occurring material with a temperature colder than 0° C (32° F) continuously for two or more years. Such a ... [12 related articles]
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8. Permafrost
   In geology, permafrost or cryotic soil is soil at or below the freezing point of water {convert|0|C} for two or more years. Ice is not always present, as may be in the case of nonporous bedrock, but it frequently occurs and it may be in amounts exceeding the potential hydraulic saturation of the gr...
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9. Permafrost
   Layer of soil or rock, at some depth beneath the surface, in which the temperature has been continuously below 0
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10. Permafrost
    Zone of permanently frozen water found in high latitude soils and sediments. Five types of permafrost have been recognized: continuous permafrost, discontinuous permafrost, sporadic permafrost, alpine permafrost, and subsea permafrost.
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11. permafrost
    Permanently frozen ground, typical of the treeless plains of Siberia (tundra), though common through arctic, sub-arctic, and antarctic regions on Earth to a depth of as much as 600 meters. Permafrost also exists in the upper part of the crust on Mars.
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12. permafrost
    permafrost, permanently frozen soil, subsoil, or other deposit, characteristic of arctic and some subarctic regions; similar conditions are also found at very high altitudes in mountain ranges. In 1962 measurements in a borehole drilled on Melville Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, showed that ...
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13. Permafrost
    Permafrost is the permanently frozen subsoil in Arctic regions.
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14. permafrost
    Click images to enlargeCondition in which a deep layer of soil does not thaw out during the summer. Permafrost occurs under periglacial conditions. It is claimed that 26% of the world's land surface is permafrost. Permafrost gives rise to a poorly drained form of grassland typical of northern Canada, Siberia, and ...
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15. Permafrost
    [album] Permafrost is the third solo album from German ambient music producer, Thomas Köner. Considered by many as his greatest work, he further develops the icy drone style of previous works, making its climax in the title track. In 1996, the album was re-issued by Mille Plateaux along wit...
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16. Permafrost
    [story] "Permafrost" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Roger Zelazny. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 1987, and was nominated for the Nebula Award. ==Plot summary== A strange confrontation between a frozen planet, a formerly-human program, and a has-been con-man. ...
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