snow belt
Heavy accumulation region
A snow belt is a region that receives heavy snowfall, typically due to geographic features like proximity to large bodies of water.
In the United States, the term usually refers to areas near the Great Lakes that get lake-effect snow: Buffalo is in the snow belt.
The term parallels sun belt and rust belt as regional descriptors.
- ClevelandNortheast Ohio metropolis
- BuffaloWestern New York city
- Great LakesFive connected inland seas
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- SyracuseCity in two eras
Rochester · Erie · Adirondacks · salt · Upper Peninsula · lake effect · winter storm · snowpack · polar vortex · Lake Michigan · frost heave · scarf · mittens · ice · parka · boots · rock salt · cold fronts
- winter weatherblizzards, blizzard, snowstorms, winter storms, freezing rain
- NorthlandsNorth Pole, Arctic, Arctic Circle, polar region, north country
- climateclimate change, climate, weather, global warming, temperature
- Cold RegionsArctic, Antarctica, tundra regions, polar regions, Siberia
- MichiganDetroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Kalamazoo
- MidwestIndiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota
snow beltSun Belt
Warm U.S. southern tier
desert region · arid zone · tropical zone · rain belt · tropical regions
snow beltSun Belt
Warm U.S. southern tier
southern states · Florida · Arizona · Gulf Coast · Southern California