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The altitude, in a mountainous region, above which the ground is covered with snow, at any particular time.

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snow line

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snow line

Noun

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The altitude, in a mountainous region, above which the ground is covered with snow, at any particular time.

Japanese Meaning

山岳地域において、一定の標高以上で地面が雪に覆われる境界線（積雪線または雪線）

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During the unusually warm spring, the snow line retreated rapidly, exposing alpine flowers earlier than expected.

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異常に暖かい春の間、積雪線は急速に後退し、高山植物が予想より早く姿を現した。

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The altitude, in a mountainous region, above which the ground is covered with snow, at any particular time.

Coordinate term: tree line

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(astrophysics) The inner limit where volatile molecules can remain frozen in the zone around a star.

Chris Ormel, an astronomer at the University of Amsterdam, and his colleagues recently calculated that protoplanets began to form at the snow line around the star, then grew quickly by accreting pebbles.

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(astrophysics, specifically) The limit for water remaining solid instead of evaporating away under solar radiation.

snow lines

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