冻土 (dòng tǔ) — frozen ground, frozen soil; permafrost (in scientific contexts)
Definition
Scientific term for ground that stays frozen year-round (permafrost). In everyday Chinese it can simply mean 'frozen soil', but in climate and geology contexts it refers to permafrost specifically.
noun
frozen groundfrozen soilpermafrost (in scientific contexts)
Examples
- 冻土。Xī bó lì yà yǒu dà miàn jī de dòng tǔ.Siberia has large areas of frozen ground.
- 冻土。Quán qiú biàn nuǎn dǎo zhì dòng tǔ kāi shǐ róng huà.Global warming is causing the permafrost to start melting.
- 冻土。Zài dòng tǔ shàng xiū jiàn tiě lù fēi cháng kùn nan.Building railways on frozen ground is very difficult.
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