stone net

noun

variants or stone polygon or stone ring

: an arrangement of rock fragments and soil particles in a polygonal pattern similar to a net with the finer materials concentrated in the central part of each net or polygon and the coarser materials in the borders as a result of congeliturbation or solifluction

—usually used in plural

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