Permanent snow can be found across the district from about October and the area generally receives up to of snow per year.
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Most of the alpine vegetation is on the rain shadow side, in the northeastern Olympics, where there is less permanent snow and ice.
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Hence, while less glaciated than Patagonia, it has more permanent snow ( on the wet, Chilean side ) than peaks of similar elevation to the north.
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A permanent snow fence usually consists of poles with horizontal planks running across them so that they cover just over one-half of the total fence area.
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Superp�ramo is at the highest elevation and is usually considered to be the transition zone between the higher, permanent snow region and the lower grass p�ramo zone.
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The permanent snow cover necessary for glacier formation is affected by factors such as the degree of slope on the land, amount of snowfall and the winds.
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The high precipitation of the Olympics creates permanent snow and ice at lower elevations than is typical for other mountain ranges, cutting off the alpine vegetation zone.
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But then the semi-permanent snow-white tent built to withstand 140 mph winds and the pair of air-conditioners keeping the reindeer chilled at 54 degrees cost $ 150, 000.
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By the 1950s, hedgehogs could be found over the whole country with the exception of the coldest wettest corner of the South Island and alpine areas of permanent snow.
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Peru has a large geographical diversity, which makes it very difficult to constantly monitor the situation of certain events, whether natural or man-made, such as permanent snow melting, telecommunications areas.
