Nivales climate
Under nivalem air (of lat. Nivalis , snowy ') is understood in the climatology when precipitates mainly as snow fall, with more snow falling as melts. This is why glaciation occurs.
A distinction is made between fully level and seminival climatic zones .
In fully level climatic zones, the entire precipitation falls as snow, while in a seminival climatic zone the precipitation falls in liquid form ( rain ) for at least a short time each year .
A normal climate prevails on the polar ice caps and in the high mountain regions of the world. This creates permanent snow and glacier fields .
literature
- Edwin Blanck : Handbook of soil theory. Second volume. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1929, p. 29 (on Google Books )
- Dieter Richter : General Geology. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1992, p. 44 (on Google Books )
Web links
- Nivales climate on the website of the German Weather Service
- Weather dictionary: Nivales climate on wetter.de
- Nivales climate on georeise.de