cold regions
Where glaciers form
Cold regions are areas of the Earth characterized by low temperatures, typically near the poles or at high altitudes.
The term appears in scientific, military, and geographic contexts: cold regions engineering, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory.
It encompasses arctic, subarctic, and alpine environments where ice, snow, and permafrost dominate the landscape.
- walrusTusked Arctic marine mammal
- polarOf extreme latitudes
- cryosphereEarth's frozen water systems
- AntarcticSouthern polar region
- igloosDomed ice shelters
tundra · glaciers · permafrost · musk ox · emperor penguin · boreal forests · polar vortex · Arctic exploration · fur clothing · winter survival · frostbite risk · frozen tundra · icebergs · Siberia · ice sheets · ice cap · caribou · aurora borealis
- polar scienceglaciology, Antarctic research, ice shelf, Arctic, ice caps
- protoplanetary disksgas giants, planetesimals, protoplanets, accretion, snow line
cold regionstropical regions
Earth's warmest climate belt
equatorial regions · tropical climates · tropical zone · desert regions · arid zones