| Term: | Saline permafrost |
| Definition: | Permafrost in which part or all of the total water content is unfrozen because of freezing-point depression due to the dissolved-solids content of the pore water |
| Term: | Saline permafrost |
| Definition: | Permafrost in which part or all of the total water content is unfrozen because of freezing-point depression due to a high dissolved-solids content of the pore water. |