has part results in formation of anatomical entity thermokarst formation process 2018-11-20T18:20:02Z A process by which landforms are formed from the thawing of ice-rich permafrost or the melting of massive ground ice. Landforms found in Thermokarst terrain include alases, thermokarst lakes, and thermokarst mounds. Landscape dominated by depressions, pits, and caves that is created by the thawing of ground ice in high latitude locations. Resembles karst landscape but is not created by chemical weathering. thermokarst environmental system process hydrological process material transport process thermokarst lake thermokarst depression thermokarst ice-bearing permafrost thawing process biological_process