TUNDRA


Meaning of TUNDRA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtən-drə also ]

ˈtu̇n- noun

Etymology: Russian, from Russian dialect (northeast) tundra, tundara, from Kildin Sami (Sami language of the northern Kola Peninsula) tūnter

Date: circa 1841

: a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs ; also : a similar region confined to mountainous areas above timberline

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