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thumb|Map showing the snowbelts around the Great Lakes of North America with accumulations or more during winter|alt=|400x400px The Snowbelt, Snow Belt, Frostbelt, or Frost Belt is the region near the Great Lakes in North America where heavy snowfall in the form of lake-effect snow is particularly common. Snowbelts are typically found downwind of the lakes, principally off the eastern and southern shores.

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thumb|Map showing the snowbelts around the Great Lakes of North America with accumulations or more during winter|alt=|400x400px The Snowbelt, Snow Belt, Frostbelt, or Frost Belt is the region near the Great Lakes in North America where heavy snowfall in the form of lake-effect snow is particularly common. Snowbelts are typically found downwind of the lakes, principally off the eastern and southern shores.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Snowbelt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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