snow line

Examples

• All

• Somewhere in this rugged mountain countryside, possibly above the snow line, shrouded in mist, the fugitive, John Rambo, is hiding.

  First Blood (1982)

• Kathryn swiveled in the office chair and gazed out at a rising snow line on the outside windowsill.

  Fiction book (1998)

• You know, the, uh... Last creatures we saw Were way down below the snow line.

  Almost Heroes (1998)

• We'll be going above the snow line, and well, sometimes it hits unexpectedly.

  Giant from the Unknown (1958)

• The next morning, looking across to the Panamint Mountains, there was a straight white line as if drawn on the mountains at the snow line.

  Blog text (22)

• They were now below the snow line, although just at the base of the mountains and still far from San Bernardino.

  Fiction book (1992)

• They must have migrated from much further out, beyond the "snow line."

  Blog text (13)

• We hiked up to the snow line, where we could see patches of white remaining on the ground.

• The snow line was clearly visible as we ascended the mountain, with snow covering the peaks year-round.

• In summer, the snow line recedes, revealing more rocky terrain as temperatures rise.

How High

mountaintop

46 2.5

snow line

• UK

1 5.3

midair

25 4.2

low-altitude

5 4.3

sea level

73 1.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology