Permafrost Vocabularies

Permafrost Vocabularies

beaded stream

Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/ipaglossary/t0029

Within: IPA Permafrost Glossary

Definition: A stream characterized by narrow reaches linking pools or small lakes (see Figure 22a).

Term cours d'eau en chapelet fr
beaded stream en
Comment A characteristic pattern of small streams in areas underlain by ice wedges. The course of the stream channel is controlled by the pattern of the wedges, with the beads (pools) occurring at the junctions of the wedges. When the intervening channels are dry, they may be called "beaded channels". en
dcterms:source https://doi.org/10.4224/20386561 xsd:anyURI
skos:hiddenLabel button drainage en
beaded drainage en

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