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    If you roll a snowball while on top of a big hill, can the snowball really gather more snow around it, getting bigger and bigger until gradually reaching about the size of a boulder?

    Question #82121. Asked by guilmon3. (Jun 17 07 8:57 PM)


    MonkeyOnALeash

    		Absolutely! It requires relatively wet snow.

    "A snowball may also be a large ball of snow formed by rolling a smaller snowball on a snow-covered surface. The smaller snowball grows by picking up additional snow as it rolls. The terms "snowball effect" and "snowballing" are named after this process."

    Regelation: is the phenomenon of melting under pressure and freezing again when the pressure is reduced.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball


    The result is not usually a Snowball but more of a Snow-wheel.

    Jun 17 07, 9:11 PM

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