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frost mound

(Also called ice mound, ground ice mound.) A conical mound on a land surface, caused by the freezing of water in the ground.

It is a product of frost heaving, but is unusual in that it requires a great concentration of water in a relatively small subsurface volume. Usually a frost mound is of seasonal duration.
Compare pingo, earth hummock, ground ice;
see frost blister.

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-<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(<br/>''Also called'' ice mound, ground ice mound.) A conical mound on a land surface,  caused by the [[freezing]] of water in the ground.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It is a product of [[frost heaving]], but is unusual in that it requires a great concentration of  water in a relatively small subsurface volume. Usually a frost mound is of seasonal duration. <br/>''Compare''  [[pingo]], [[earth hummock]], [[ground ice]]; <br/>''see'' [[frost blister]].</div><br/> </div>
+<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' ice mound, ground ice mound.) A conical mound on a land surface,  caused by the [[freezing]] of water in the ground.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It is a product of [[frost heaving]], but is unusual in that it requires a great concentration of  water in a relatively small subsurface volume. Usually a frost mound is of seasonal duration. <br/>''Compare''  [[pingo]], [[earth hummock]], [[ground ice]]; <br/>''see'' [[frost blister]].</div><br/> </div>
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