Agrotermos

Preferred term

thermokarst

Thermokarst refers to a permafrost related landscape characterized by a peculiar topography of pits, hummocks, depressions, and small ponds caused by the melting of ground ice and the settling or caving of the ground surface. Thermokarst also refers to the process by which these characteristic landforms result from the thawing of ice-rich permafrost or the melting of massive ice.

landforms

degradação ambiental

English

Created

2023-11-21T16:04:16

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

2fac6833

thermokarst

French

Created

2023-11-21T16:04:16

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

2fac6833

thermokarst

Portuguese

Created

2023-11-21T16:13:14

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

2fac6833

termocarste

Spanish

Created

2023-11-21T16:07:29

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

2fac6833

Termokarst

URI

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2fac6833

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Created 11/21/23, 4:04 PM, last modified 10/23/25, 10:19 AM