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noun
A hummock rising out of a bog with a core of ice; similar in appearance to a pingo but due to different structure palsas cannot grow as big as pingos.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, geomorphology, natural-sciences
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History
From Finnish palsa, from Northern Sami balsa.
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