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Card 6

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The surface of periglacial areas is often characteristed by the presence of ground materials arranged in a variety of symmetrical, geometric shapes

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Card 7

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Ice-cored hills with a height between 3 to 70 meters and a diameter between 30 to 1000 meters

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Card 8

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An area of unfrozen ground surrounded by permafrost

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Card 9

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The pressure exerted when ice expands

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Card 10

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Where water is confined within the ground underneath an impermeable geology layer which due to high pressure, will rise to the surface where possible.

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Card 11

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A land surface characterised by very irregular surfaces of marshy hollows and small hummocks formed as permafrost thaws.

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Card 12

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A body of freshwater, usually shallow, that is formed in a depression by melt water from thawing permafrost

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Card 13

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First stage of a cirque formation

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Card 14

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A surface covered by block-sized angular rocks.

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Card 15

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Debris resulted from freeze-thaw

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