palsa

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hummock rising out of a bog with a core of ice; similar in appearance to a pingo but due to different structure palsas cannot grow as big as pingos.
    — Peat plateaux are larger landforms formed by the coalescence of palsas. String bogs, also called patterned fens, occur in muskeg. They are alternations of thin, string-like strips or ridges of peat, mainly Sphagnum moss, which may[…]

词形变化

palsas plural

词源

From Finnish palsa, from Northern Sami balsa.
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