frost depth

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• Frost line — The frost line also known as frost depth or freezing depth is most commonly the depth that the groundwater in soil is expected to freeze. The frost depth depends on the climatic conditions of an area, the heat transfer properties of the soil and… …   Wikipedia

• Frost — is the solid deposition of water vapor from saturated air. It is formed when solid surfaces are cooled to below the dew point of the adjacent air. [cite web |url=http://www.weatherquestions.com/What causes frost.htm |title=What causes frost?… …   Wikipedia

• frost|line — «FRST LYN, FROST », noun. the maximum depth to which frost penetrates into the ground in a given locality, as measured during winter …   Useful english dictionary

• frost line — noun : the depth to which frost penetrates the soil * * * frost line noun The underground limit to the penetration of frost into the earth • • • Main Entry: ↑frost * * * n. [in sing.] the maximum depth of ground below which the soil does not… …   Useful english dictionary

• Frost boil — Mud boils near Lapporten, Sweden Frost boils (also known as mud boils, frost scars and mud circles [1]) are upwellings of mud that occur through frost heave and cryoturbation in permafrost areas, such as arctic and alpine regions. They are… …   Wikipedia

• frost — Synonyms and related words: Jack Frost, benumb, besnow, bite, bitter weather, black frost, blanch, bleach, bleak weather, bomb, bust, cap, chalk, chill, chilliness, climax, cold snap, cold wave, cold weather, coldness, consummate, coolness, crest …   Moby Thesaurus

• Frost (crater) — lunar crater data latitude=37.7 N or S=N longitude=118.4 E or W=W diameter=75 km depth= Unknown colong=120 eponym=Edwin B. FrostFrost is a lunar crater that is attached to the southern rim of the Landau walled plain, and lies on the far side of… …   Wikipedia

• USS Frost (DE-144) — Career (US) Namesake: Holloway Halstead Frost Builder …   Wikipedia

• Orthographic depth — The orthographic depth of an alphabetic orthography indicates the degree to which it deviates from simple one to one letter phoneme correspondence. Orthographies may be defined as either shallow or deep, depending on the ease of predicting the… …   Wikipedia

• River Thames frost fairs — were fairs held on the River Thames at London when that portion of the river sometimes froze over, during the 15th–19th centuries, when the British winter climate was more severe than it is now.During the Great Frost of (1683–1684), the worst… …   Wikipedia

• Thaw depth — In soil science, the thaw depth or thaw line is the level down to which the permafrost soil will normally thaw each summer in a given area. The layer of soil over the thaw depth is calles the active layer, while the soil below is called inactive… …   Wikipedia