Heavy snow comes before light snow.

大雪来得比小雪早。

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While 75% of our planet is covered with water, only about 2% is fresh water that comes from rivers, lakes, ice and snow.

虽然地球的75%被水覆盖，但只有大约2%是来自河流、湖泊、冰雪的淡水。

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Spring comes gradually, with snow melting fastest in mid-May.

春天来临，雪融化最快，逐渐在5月中旬消融。

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Much of the water we use comes from snow.

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The snow comes across the Great Salt Lake Desert, hits the Wasatch mountain range and gets pushed up and turned into light, but consistent powdery snow.

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Still, as much as Anchorage residents can revel in being standouts when it comes to snow in their country, they hardly merit top billing in their own state.

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What will happen when the sun finally comes out and the snow stops and the ice melts and the whole landscape is transformed into spring and stuff is blooming and farmers are running their gigantic combines up and down the long rows?

NEWYORKER: Indianapolis (Highway 74)