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Definition of Snowline
1. an area which defines permanent snow [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snowline
Literary usage of Snowline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1889)
"The height of the snowline in the Central Carpathians is given by ... Fuchs assumes
the cummer isothermal line of 0"C. for the snowline, and puts the height ..."
2. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1889)
"The height of the snowline in the Central Carpathians ¡a given by ... Fuchs assumes
the summer isothermal line of 0°C. for the snowline, and puts the height ..."
3. The Andes of Southern Peru: Geographical Reconnaissance Along the Seventy by Isaiah Bowman (1916)
"On account of the seasonal and annual variation in precipitation and temperature—hence
in the elevation of the snowline—it is often difficult to make a ..."
4. Mountain Craft by Geoffrey Winthrop Young (1920)
"The snowline in May usually extends down to 5000 feet. ... Of course the height
of the snowline is of no very great importance if, as is usually the case, ..."
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