pipkrake
Definitions
Needle ice; ice structures formed when the air temperature is below 0℃ and the soil is not.
Equivalents
Suomirouste
Examples
“The most widespread and familiar example of this process⟳ is that associated with the growth of needle ice or pipkrake (Figure⟳ 5.15), needles of clear ice commonly exceeding 5 cm in length. Growth of pipkrake is favoured by supercooling of the soil in conditions of marked radiative heat loss from the surface […]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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