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Lisa Tabor Computers 8 December 2010 Snow Lisa Tabor Computers 8 December 2010

Table of Contents What is it? Snowflakes Interesting Facts What Places Get Snow World Records Photos Bibliography

What is Snow? Type of precipitation from clouds Formed by freezing water Consists of multiple snowflakes Different types Powder Ice Slush Made of billions of snowflakes clumped together

Snowflakes Frozen ice crystals Come in variety shapes and sizes No two snowflakes are alike Types Graupel Stellar Dendrites Type of snow is discovered by the flakes

Interesting Facts Largest Snowman 9,000,000 pounds snow Made in Bethal, Maine, 1999 Measured 113 feet 7 inches tall Blinded by snow Freshly fallen snow reflects 90% radiation

Top Five With Beautiful Snow 1st South Korea, winters very cold 2nd Alaska, more glaciers, whole world combined 3rd Japan, Mount Fuji has snow on slopes 4th Canada, Rocky Mountains are a big contribution 5th Switzerland, beautiful scenery, Mountain Alps

World Records Most snow in year is held by Mount Baker Its elevation is 10,775/3,285 in Washington State Baker Ski Area reported 1,140 inches, 95 feet/2,896 cm (29 meters) Most snowfall in a month was 304 inches/772 cm

Photos

Bibliography Websites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-baker.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake / http://www.interestingworldfacts.com/natural/top-5-countries-with-the-most-beautiful-snow.html http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/largest25.html http://www.abc-of-snowboarding.com/snowtypes.asp http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-snowflake-types.htm