Flowing soil in an area of frozen ground is known as
A)patterned ground.
B)permafrost.
C)gelifluction,or the more general term solifluction.
D)periglacial flow.
E)outwash plain.

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Flowing soil in an area of frozen ground is known as gelifluction, or the more general term solifluction. Patterned ground refers to the arrangement of rocks, boulders, and stones on a flat surface that result from repeated freezing and thawing cycles. Permafrost is permanently frozen ground. Periglacial flow refers to the movement of water-saturated soil down a slope caused by the freeze-thaw cycle, but it does not necessarily involve frozen ground. Outwash plain is a plain formed of glacial sediments deposited by meltwater outwash at the terminus of a glacier.

Flowing Soil in an Area of Frozen Ground Is Known