Which topographic result is most directly caused by continuous solifluction on Arctic hillsides?

💡 Explanation

When freeze-thaw cycles saturate soil, solifluction occurs because gravity pulls the active layer downslope, repeatedly leveling upper surfaces and depositing material at lower elevations, forming cryoplanation terraces. Therefore terraces are formed rather than fjords, loess, or kettle lakes, which require glacial carving, wind deposition, or glacial melt respectively.

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