Talk: Snow
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Much of the earths fresh water is held by gigantic glaciers in the north and south poles, formed by falling snow over milennia.
There's a different between glaciers, ice fields, and polar caps. Are we sure that caps are formed from falling snow? I was under the impression that Antarctica got almost no precipitation at all, and the ice sheet expanded and contracted by simple melting and freezing.
The ice caps are formed from falling snow. Almost no precipitation is not equal to no precipitation at all; if it never gets above freezing, it will eventually accumulate no matter how little falls. -- Paul Drye
[1] Why was this paragraph removed? –radiojon 01:31, 2004 Jul 16 (UTC)
The highest seasonally cumulative precipitation of snow was measured on Mount Baker, U.S.A during 1998-1999 season when they received 28 meters or 1,140 inches; this surpassed the previous record holder, Mount Rainier, U.S.A which during 1971-1972 season received a thousand inches (25 m) of snow; and the highest daily precipitation was recorded in Silver Lake, Colorado, U.S.A in 1921 (1.93 metres , 76 inches).
A user complained that it was US-centric. I have clarified that they are world records and returned it. Rmhermen 14:14, Jul 16, 2004 (UTC)
