Published: 10th May, 2024
Context
The Batagay megaslump — a 3,250-foot-wide (990 meters) is "actively growing" by a massive amount every year, as per recent findings.
Characteristics of the Megaslump:
- Batagay megaslump, the world’s biggest permafrost crater, is located in the Russian Far East.
- It is a retrogressive thaw slump. Retrogressive thaw slumps belong to a class of terrain types called thermokarst that occur in areas underlain by permafrost.
- It was first observed on satellite images in 1991 after a section of hillside collapsed in the Yana Uplands of northern Yakutia, Russia.
- The collapse exposed layers of permafrost within the remaining hillside, which contains some of the oldest permafrost in Siberia and the world, dating back up to 650,000 years.
- From 1991 to 2018, the area increased by almost three times.
Fact Box: About Permafrost
|
Courses
Study
Notes
Home
Resources
More
