Snowline of Alps’is 2700 metre where as the snowline of Greenland is just 600 mts. Find out the reason.

Snowline of Alps’is 2700 metre where as the snowline of Greenland is

1.	Snowline of Alps’is 2700 metre where as the snowline of Greenland is just 600 mts. Find out the reason.
Answer» On tropical mountains the snowline may be as high as 500 mts, but when traced poleward it descends to 2700 mts in the European Alps to 600 meters in Greenland and just to se-a level near the poles