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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