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nival (NY-vuhl) adjective

Of, growing in, or relating to, snow.

[From Latin nivalis (snowy), niv- (snow).]

"Flow patterns can be further subdivided into arctic and subarctic nival regimes." Mark Nuttall and Terry V. Callaghan; The Arctic; Taylor & Francis; 2000.

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I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head. -Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President (1858-1919)

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