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6. Anhyorthel landscape
Wright Valley, Antarctica

Antarctica averages less than 150 mm of annual precipitation, making it the driest and coldest continent on earth. Dry valleys such as the one shown here may receive <50 mm of annual precipitation. As a result, the soils contain very little moisture and are characterized by dry permafrost - the soil material is loose rather than ice-cemented.


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 Examples:
1. Gelisol landscape
patterned ground
2. Gelisol landscape
polygonal cracks
3. Orthel
northern Alaska
4. Fibristel
Alaska
5. Histoturbel
Brooks Range, Alaska
6. Anhyorthel landscape
 Antarctica
7. Typic Anhyorthel
Antarctica
8. Gelisol land use
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
9. Thermokarst landscape
Alaska
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