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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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