Definition of Snowbelt

1. a region that receives an appreciable amount of snow each year [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snowbelt

snowball opacity
snowball sampling
snowballed
snowballer
snowballers
snowballing
snowbank
snowbanks
snowbase
snowbases
snowbear
snowbears
snowbell
snowbells
snowbelt (current term)
snowbelts
snowberries
snowberry
snowbillies
snowbilly
snowbird
snowbirding
snowbirds
snowblade
snowblader
snowbladers
snowblading
snowblind
snowblindness

Literary usage of Snowbelt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Europe and America Beyond 2000 by Pierre Hassner, Gregory F. Treverton (1990)
"Europeans worry, nevertheless, about the changing face of America, about the shift of the center of political and economic gravity from the snowbelt of the ..."

2. Urban Change and Poverty by Michael G. H. McGeary, Laurence E. Lynn (1988)
"... their lead in population, income, and employment growth nationally, but people and jobs are still being redistributed from the snowbelt to the Sunbelt. ..."

3. Annual Institute on Municipal Finance Law: Course Handbook by Practising Law Institute (1900)
"Movement in both population and manufacturing capabilities from the snowbelt to the sunbelt. (This is due not only to climate but also to the perception of ..."

4. Coastal Exposure & Community Protection: Hurricane Andrew's Legacy edited by John B. Conners (1998)
"However, part of the explosive growth in vulnerable South-Atlantic coastal states is obscured by much slower population growth in snowbelt states such as ..."

5. Best Dives of the Western Hemisphere by Joyce Huber (1999)
"During peak season (December 15-April 15) charter flights direct from many major snowbelt cities to Grand Cayman are available from Cayman Airways. ..."

6. Transcending Boundaries: Natural Resource Management from Summit to Sea edited by Rabel J. Burdge (2001)
"In the United States, for example, the oil crisis of the 1970s fueled a partial return to a forest-based energy system, especially in the snowbelt and ..."

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