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| Keywords: Vertical Temperature Profile in Permafrost (English Text).jpg en The red dotted-to-solid line depicts the average temperature profile with depth of soil in a permafrost region The trumpet-shaped lines at the top show seasonal maximum and minimum temperatures in the active layer which commences at the depth where the maximum annual temperature intersects 0 degrees C The active layer is seasonally frozen The middle zone is permanently frozen as permafrost And the bottom layer is where the geothermal temperature is above freezing Note the importance of the vertical 0 degrees C line It denotes the bottom of the active layer in the seasonally variable temperature zone and the bottom limit of permafrost as the temperature increases with depth 2014-01-07 07 01 06 https //en wikipedia org/wiki/File Vertical_Temperature_Profile_in_Permafrost_ German_Text png Original contributor German Wikipedia user HylgeriaK translation by User HopsonRoad cc-zero HopsonRoad Vertical_Temperature_Profile_in_Permafrost_ German_Text png Permafrost Glaciological diagrams Tundra | ||||
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