| Term: | Snow-line |
| Definition: | (1) Climatic snow-line: lowest altitude of continuous snow cover in high mountainous areas in summer. (2) Orographic snow-line: lowest altitude at which isolated patches of snow protected from melting by orographic conditions persist in summer. |
| Term: | Snow-line |
| Definition: |
(1) Climatic snow-line: lowest altitude of continuous snow cover in high mountainous areas in summer. (2) Orographic snow-line: lowest altitude at which isolated patches of snow protected from melting by orographic conditions persist in summer. WMOMeteoterm
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