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The Snowy Mountains, known informally as "The Snowies", is an IBRA subregion in southern New South Wales, Australia, and is the tallest mountain range in mainland Australia, being part of the continent's Great Dividing Range cordillera system.
Snow accumulation on ground and in tree branches in Germany Snow blowing across a highway in Canada Spring snow on a mountain in France. Classifications of snow describe and categorize the attributes of snow-generating weather events, including the individual crystals both in the air and on the ground, and the deposited snow pack as it changes over time.
Snow flurry, snow shower, snow storm and blizzard describe snow events of progressively greater duration and intensity. [35] A blizzard is a weather condition involving snow and has varying definitions in different parts of the world.
Col – Lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks; Cuesta – Hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a steep slope on the other; Dale – Low area between hills, often with a river running through it; Defile – Narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills; Dell – Small secluded hollow
Unlike Inuit dialects, Sámi languages are not polysynthetic, making it easier to distinguish words. [9] Studies of the Sámi languages of Norway, Sweden and Finland, conclude that the languages have anywhere from 180 snow- and ice-related words and as many as 300 different words for types of snow, tracks in snow, and conditions of the use of snow.
The Snowy Mountains — a subrange of the Australian Alps in the Great Dividing Range System, located in New South Wales. In the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA), the Snowy Mountains are an IBRA subregion of the Australian Alps IBRA region .
The glacier region below this snow line was subject to melting in the previous season. The term "orographic snow line" is used to describe the snow boundary on surfaces other than glaciers. The term "regional snow line" is used to describe large areas. [2] The "permanent snow line" is the level above which snow will lie all year. [3]
Snow Mountain Wilderness, California; Mount Snow, Vermont, United States; Snow Peak (disambiguation) Ice Mountain (disambiguation) An annual winter-long snow tubing event at Stone Mountain near Atlanta, Georgia; Schneeberg (Alps) ("Snow Mountain" in German), a mountain in eastern Austria