| Term: | Periglacial |
| Definition: | The conditions, processes and landforms associated with cold, non-glacial environments. The term was originally used to describe the climatic and geomorphic conditions of areas peripheral to Pleistocene Ice Sheets and Glaciers. Modern usage refers, however, to a wider range of cold climatic conditions regardless of their proximity to a Glacier, either in space or time. Many, but not all, Periglacial Environments possess Permafrost; all are dominated by Frost Action processes. |
| Term: | Periglacial |
| Definition: | Landforms created by processes associated with intense freeze-thaw action in an area high latitude areas or near an alpine or continental glacier. |
| Term: | Periglacial |
| Definition: | The conditions, processes and landforms associated with cold, nonglacial environments. |
| Term: | Periglacial |
| Definition: | The conditions, processes and landforms associated with cold, nonglacial environments |
| Term: | Periglacial |
| Definition: | Of, or pertaining to, the outer perimeter of a glacier, particularly to the fringe areas surrounding the great continental glaciers of the geologic ice ages. Thus, "periglacial weathering" is said to have produced certain characteristic land forms. |