Azonal

In geography azonal is an adjective that refer to processes or things that are not restricted to any climate zone. It can be used to describe soils, landforms, geomorphic processes or vegetation. In some climatic environments some azonal geomorphologic processes may take distinct characteristics. For example, river activity that is common across the global has in periglacial environments spring floods from snowmelt, freezing and break-up cycles and may cause fluvio-thermal erosion.[1]

References

  1. ↑ French, Hugh M. (2007). "Azonal Processes and Landforms". The Periglacial Environment (3th ed.). John Wiley & Sons Ltd. pp. 248–268. ISBN 978-0-470-86588-0.


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