snow line
noun
Meaning
- The altitude, in a mountainous region, above which the ground is covered with snow, at any particular time.
- The inner limit where volatile molecules can remain frozen in the zone around a star
- By restriction, the limit for water remaining solid instead of evaporating away under solar radiation
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