Schneegrenze

snowline

noun SHNAY-gren-tseh Rare

Also means

snow boundary

Usage Note

Schneegrenze is the altitude up to which the ground is snow-covered at a given time; the line above which snow lies all year is the klimatische Schneegrenze (permanent snowline). Distinct from the Baumgrenze (treeline).

Examples

"Durch den Klimawandel verschiebt sich die Schneegrenze immer weiter nach oben."

Natural Translation

The snowline is shifting ever further upward due to climate change.

Literal Translation

Through the climate-change shifts itself the snowline ever further to-upward.

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