Pingo
- Pingo
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A pingo (small hill, inuit language) is a periglacial landform of earth-covered ice mound. Therefore the distribution is restricted in the Arctic, subarctic, and Antarctica. The size reaches < 70 metres heig and < 2 km wide.
- Pingo in northeastern Siberia
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A pingo is cocvered by a coniferous forest. The pingo was observed along Kolyma River on July 16, 1995 (my birthday). The ground surface is covered with Sphagnum spp. that was frozen. - References
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- permafrost
- wetland (湿原)
- Sento B (仙頭ボブ). 1996. ちょっと、ほんまにそれやんの? 北海道大学大学院 地球環境研究科 地圏環境科学専攻 地球雪氷学講座 修士論文(裏版)