L’alas è una depressione, risultato dei processi di termocarsismo. Si forma a causa dello scongelamento del permafrost denso e ricco di ghiaccio. Di solito è grande (0,5 -100 km2) e piuttosto poco profondo (5-20 m).
Si verifica principalmente in Yakutia.
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