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The permanently frozen ground in the northern latitudes is called permafrost. The layer closest to the surface that thaws during the summer is also part of the permafrost, but is called the active layer. Permafrost is a major feature of the tundra biome.
In physical geography, tundra is a biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. The term tundra comes from Kildin Sami tūndâr, which means "uplands, treeless mountain tract." There are two types of tundra: Arctic tundra (which also occurs in Antarctica) and alpine tundra. In tundra, the vegetation is composed of dwarf shrubs, sedges and grasses, mosses, and lichens. Scattered trees grow in some tundra. The ecotone (or ecological boundary region) between the tundra and the forest is known as the tree line or timberline.
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What is the name for permanently frozen soil?
permafrost
What do you call the layer of soil that is permanently frozen?
permafrost!
A condition in which the soil permanently frozen is called?
Permafrost.
What is the layer of permanently frozen ground that lies underneath the top soil of the tundra?
Permafrost is the layer of permanently frozen ground that lies underneath the top soil of the tundra.
What is the soil name in tundra?
Tundra is marked by a permanently frozen layer of soil called permafrost, which can be at considerable depth or just below the surface.
What is the name for permanently frozen soil?
permafrost
What is the name of the area of the North Pole where the soil is permanently frozen?
The region is called the Arctic Tundra. The permanently frozen soil is called permafrost.
What is the name of the permanently frozen soil of the tundra called?
permafrost
A condition in which the soil permanently frozen is called?
Permafrost.
What do you call the layer of soil that is permanently frozen?
permafrost!
What type of environment has soil permanently frozen?
Tundra
What is the layer of permanently frozen ground that lies underneath the top soil of the tundra?
Permafrost is the layer of permanently frozen ground that lies underneath the top soil of the tundra.
What is the soil name in tundra?
Tundra is marked by a permanently frozen layer of soil called permafrost, which can be at considerable depth or just below the surface.
In Asia what is frozen subsoil called?
Permanently frozen soil anywhere is called permafrost.
What keeps water flowing torward?
permanently frozen soil
Which biome includes a layer of soil that is permanently frozen?
the tundra
What do you call a layer of permanently frozen top soil?
farmafrast
