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A morphoclimatic region in which glacial action is at a maximum. The rate of mechanical weathering is high, especially that due to frost action, but the rate of chemical weathering is low. There is significant wind action. Fluvial action occurs during the summer melt. There is little mass-wasting, except locally.
Subjects: Earth Sciences and Geography.
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