@mur2501 @trinsec @1seidla
Hello from almost snow-free Russia! Today it is sunny and warm outside, you can even not wear a hat (if not for long).

@sojka
Snow? Whazzat? 😁
Granted, 20 years ago we had plenty of snow. It's pretty rare nowadays. We might maybe have 2 snowy days a year and even that is becoming less.
I don't really miss it. Biking through snow isn't exactly pleasant!
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@sojka
Ohh wow snow free Russia, that seems like you have salt instead of soil on ground
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@mur2501 @1seidla @trinsec
However, this year they began to sprinkle the roads with sand. Hopefully, now there will be less of this nasty slush.

@sojka
Oh, was it the salt specifically that turned it into slush? I thought it was just the many cars and stepping on and such that made the snow dark and slushy.
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@trinsec @1seidla @mur2501
> Oh, was it the salt specifically that turned it into slush?
I'm far from chemistry, but watching nonfreezing puddles of porridge-like something at temperatures below -20, strange thoughts come to my mind...

> How many days does it snow there?
I did not keep statistics (we can always see them on wikipedia); i can say that compared to my childhood there is almost no snow now.

@sojka @trinsec @1seidla
I see birdy's wings doesn't freezes now

@mur2501 @trinsec @1seidla
As Siberian birds say, good plumage decides («Siberian is not the one who is not frozen, but the one who dresses well»).

@sojka
How many days does it snow there?
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@trinsec
The Western Ghats run parallel to the coast spanning 1600 Km in lenght, average distance between the ghats and coast remains mostly 50-100Km throughout.
My town is situated on foot of the Western Ghats(80Km from Mumbai). The mountain here in my town is called Mahuli (Pictured, one is from rainy season so all green other from the summer hence brown and desert like) it's around 900 m in height. The highest peak of the Western Ghats is in Southern India at the height of 2695m (known as Anamudi, literally means elephant's head).
While all of the India is typically hot (except the Himalayas ofcourse) Western Ghats also receive a ton of rain making it a great habitat for all animals and plants. Basically this is the Amazon of India.

@trinsec
Also greenhouse refers to carbon dioxide, methane, etc this has nothing to do with it.
This is just how naturally rain works.

@mur2501 Actually, I'm talking greenhouse as in those glass houses. Not the Greenhouse Effect you refer to. :)

@trinsec
This is real nature, nature is the origin of those plants in the greenhouses

@mur2501 That's quite some contrast between the rainy season and the summer season when looking at the pictures. Kinda similar to winter and spring/summer here.

I actually expected the northern area to have the highest peaks, nearer towards the Himalaya's. Huh, fancy that.

We have large areas in the (south)west of my country with huge greenhouses (glass houses ;) ) everywhere to grow the more exotic/fussy plants all year round. I suppose your country doesn't need that at all, heh. Sounds like India could have very cheap plant cultivation farms going.

@trinsec
Well Western Ghats and Himalayas are around 2000Km apart, also Western Ghats are much more older then Himalayas. Anyway the three mountain Systems together affects the weather system of the Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Tibet and Central Asia.

With 70% of the 1.3 billion Indians working in the agriculture and animal husbandry sector plants and nature as always being a deep part of the culture here.