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- A layer of soil at varying depths below the surface in which the temperature has remained below freezing continuously from a few to several thousands of years. weatherdudes.com - by Enrique Cavalitto
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- ecent warming has degraded large sections of permafrost, with pockets of soil collapsing as the ice within it melts. The results include buckled highways, destabilized houses, and "drunken forests" of trees that lean at wild angles. - National Center for Atmospheric Research by Enrique Cavalitto
- The different climatic conditions determinate the cryogenic asymmetry of the Antarctic Peninsula with respect the continuous permafrost on north-east side and the discontinuous permafrost on the west sector. - tierradelfuego.gov.ar by Enrique Cavalitto
- Understanding permafrost is not only important to civil engineering and architecture, it is also a crucial part of studying global change and protecting the environment in cold regions. - The National Snow and Ice Data Center by Enrique Cavalitto
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- Pamantul vesnic inghetat sau “permafrost”, reprezinta aproape un sfert din suprafata uscatului emisferei nordice. Adancimea de inghet variaza de la un metru pana la cateva sute de metri. Blog - by Ilinca Florea
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- Cercetari Atmosferice avertizeaza asupra topirii solului inghetat, cunoscut sub numele de permafrost, din zona Canada, Alaska, Rusia. - Softpedia by Ilinca Florea
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- Le pergélisol est un sol qui se maintient constamment à une température égale ou inférieure à 0°C durant au moins deux ans. Encyclopédie canadienne Historica - by Anne-Marie Courtemanche
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- stale zamarznięta powierzchnia gleby Own research - by kammyczek
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- Wieczna lub wieloletnia zmarzlina, zwana też czasem wieczną marzłocią lub marzłocią trwałą lub zlodowaceniem podziemnym lub (ang.) permafrostem - zjawisko trwałego (minimum dwa kolejne lata) utrzymywania się części skorupy ziemskiej w temperaturze poniżej punktu zamarzania wody niezależnie od pory roku. Powstaje w warunkach suchego i jednocześnie zimnego klimatu (o średniej temperaturze powietrza poniżej -11 stopni Celsjusza). - wikipedia by kammyczek
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- Вечна замръзналост е най-горната част на земната кора на местата, където температура ѝ от минимум 2 години до хилядолетия не надвишава 0 °C. Понятието се среща с латинското наименование пермафрост (permafrost), с руските вечная мерзлота - популярно, с криолитозона - научно и с трайно замръзнала земя.
Wikipedia, - by stefanov_a
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- Площта на вечната замръзналост е около 35 милиона km². Разпространение — северната част на Аляска, Канада, Европа, Азия, островите в Северния ледовит океан - Wikipedia by stefanov_a
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