Mountains in the Tropics are covered in snow because of lapse rate. The lapse rate is for every 1,000 feet in altitude you travel up a mountain, the temperature drops 31/2 degrees F.
An avalanche is like a rockslide, but on a snow-covered mountain.
Because it's covered by a snow cap
Because it's covered by a snow cap
Avalanche
The mountain is covered with snow due to low temperatures at higher altitudes where the snow sticks and accumulates. As the temperature drops, the water vapor in the air freezes and falls as snow, gradually covering the mountain peaks. Snow can also be blown onto the mountain by strong winds, further coating its surface.
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its a snow covered mountain ..... think about it
snow and yourself dying if your falling
The higher the altitude the lower is the temperature so much so that fallen snow will not melt even in summer.
The high altitudes cause it to be colder.