Class: PermafrostLayer

A layer of soil or rock, at some depth beneath the surface, in which the temperature has been continuously below 0 °C for at least some years. It exists where summer heating fails to reach the base of the layer of frozen ground.

•owl:Thing
        •SpatioTemporalThing
                •Endurant
                        •PhysicalEndurant
                                •PhysicalObject
                                        •NonAgentivePhysicalObject
                                                •PhysicalPlace
                                                        •GeosphereLayer
                                                                •CryosphereLayer
                                                                        •PermafrostLayer
                                                                •GeotectonicLayer
                                                                        •LithosphereLayer
                                                                •LithosphereLayer
                                                                        •GeotectonicLayer
                                                                        •CrustLayer
                                                                                •PermafrostLayer
                                                        •PlanetaryStructureObject
                                                                •CryosphereLayer
                                                                        •PermafrostLayer
                                                                •GeotectonicLayer
                                                                        •LithosphereLayer

Super Classes

CrustLayer
hasPrimarySubstanceConstituent SOME (Ice OR Rock OR Soil)
CryosphereLayer

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