fellfield

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Meaning

1. noun A type of open area on windy slopes or ridges at very high altitudes or latitudes where the climate is too cold and dry for anything but sparse, low-growing plants amid rocks and bare soil.
2. noun The vegetation in such areas.

Similar words

blockfield snowfield gelisol skifield frostbelt saltflat sandflat lithalsa steppe cliff face

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and soils soil communities