Snowfall is an event that captures snow-covered landscapes in pure white, thus casting an enchanting winter scene in most regions around the world. It is even culturally, environmentally as well as economically important in fields where it falls heavily. Generally, snowfall depends on latitude, altitude, and climate, hence making some regions more susceptible to heavy falls rather than others. Here are the most famous of them all.
1. Arctic and Antarctic Regions:
Arctic and Antarctic are one of the coldest and snowiest regions of this earth. Polar Polar Circle, comprising northern Canada, Greenland, Alaska and Russia, has a very long winter falling period. Because of this low temperature, the snow melts too slowly, which gives it the characteristic of long and long thickness contributing to the polar ice cap. A huge ice and snow mass prevails in Antarctica. Extra snowfall here increases the ice sheets. That is a huge zone, a sign of control on warming at the global level.
2. The Rockies, North America:
Rocky Mountain Range extends from the Canada and US border of New Mexico-USA. These have extreme cold climate. Hence they often attract skiing sports people on winter season. Aspen and Vail in Colorado, Banff in Alberta, and Jackson Hole in Wyoming receive millions of winter tourists every year. The high altitude of the combined Rockies means heavy snowfall every year since moist air masses cool as they rise up the mountains to become snow.
3. Alps, Europe:
The Alps cover eight countries, known for snow-clad mountains and the wide sweep of ski resorts. Being highly elevated and situated at the geographical location, this place receives sufficient snow during winters. Proper snowfall reaches to major resorts such as Chamonix, Zermatt, and St. Moritz, and millions of snow lovers enjoy a perfect haven of numerous winter sports. This amount of snowfall also ensures sufficient water supply in rivers of Europe.
4. Himalayan Region, Asia:
Every winter snow falls heavily in the Himalayan region especially in northern regions of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet. Himalayan Mountains experience snow at high altitudes such as Everest but in valleys and hill stations experience mild winters. Areas like Cashmir and Radak in India are visited for snow scenery. It forms most of the melt of South Asia's essential supply water. The melting of it goes down to large rivers in form of consumable gang and Indy.
5. Japan:
Snowy countries: Snowiest places on Earth- Hokkaido and Japanese Alps, Japan. The geography of Japan, with the Siberian cold wind, is very suitable for creating snowfall and delivering that sometimes to locals known as "powder snow." There are resorts such as Niseko, Hakuba, and Sapporo recording constant falls of snow making the country a huge tourist attraction for skiers. The country also hosts snow festivals like the Sapporo Snow Festival attracting tourists from all over the world.
6. Southern Alps, New Zealand:
The New Zealand Southern Alps receive snow during the winter season. Winter falls from June to August in the Southern Hemisphere. South Island is the most favorite destination for those winter sport enthusiasts as resort areas like Queenstown and Wanaka. Though it does not receive more snowfall as the Northern Hemisphere does, still, it is pretty well to ski and snowboard.
Geography may influence snowfall, but for tourism, it's a goldmine in places that regularly get snow. Snowfall provides additional benefits to the ecosystems through recreation, where wildlife finds its habitat and helps renew fresh water supplies. Due to climate change, future patterns of snowfall are bound to change. As such, there's an increasing need to identify, protect, and conserve areas of snowfall for later use.
