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BEADED STREAM [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Glaciology
DEF

A stream consisting of a series of small pools or lakes connected by short stream segments; e.g. a stream commonly found in a region of paternoster lakes or an area underlain by permafrost.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Glaciologie
OBS

Phénomènes de thermokarst amorphe : mares de tourbières réticulées, «alass», lits de rivière en forme de chapelet, «kettles» glaciaires, entonnoirs de fusion, dépressions de glace de plage et, peut-être, cours d'eau à berges festonnées.

OBS

Esker en chapelet

Spanish

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