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#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">In general, the outer boundary of a snow-covered area.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It has at least two specific applications: 1) the actual lower limit of the [[snow cap]] on high  terrain at any given time; 2) the ever-changing equatorward limit of [[snow cover]], particularly in  the Northern Hemisphere winter.</div><br/> </div>
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition"><br/>''Same as'' [[firn line]]. <br/>''See'' [[climatic snow line]].</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 07:04, 30 March 2024

  1. In general, the outer boundary of a snow-covered area.

It has at least two specific applications: 1) the actual lower limit of the snow cap on high terrain at any given time; 2) the ever-changing equatorward limit of snow cover, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere winter.


  1. Same as firn line.
    See climatic snow line.
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