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Record 1 2002-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Physical Geography (General)
CONT

... during the famous Russian "rasputitsa," when the steppes turn into a sea of gooey mud (as later discovered by the armies of both Napoleon and Hitler in their turns - nobody ever learns).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)
DEF

Liquéfaction des sols se produisant en Europe orientale au moment du dégel, et parfois en automne, quand des réchauffements passagers amènent la fonte des neiges [...]

CONT

[...] l'heure est à la «raspoutitsa», la fonte des neiges, qui transforme toute la région en immense bourbier.

OBS

raspoutitsa : mot russe désignant la saison où les chemins sont hors d'usage.

Spanish

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