Cryoplanation

Alternative definitions (2), class: vernacular (0)
Term: Cryoplanation
Definition: A type of erosion peculiar to high latitudes and/or high elevations. Specifically, it is land reduction by the processes of intensive frost action, that is, congeliturbation, including soil creep, and supplemented by the erosive actions of running water, moving ice, and other agents.
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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