Japan’s status as the world’s snowiest country results from a perfect combination of geography, ocean currents, and topography. Cold Siberian air meets warm Sea of Japan waters, creating moisture-rich clouds that are forced upward by mountainous terrain, releasing record-breaking snowfall. While Canada, Norway, and Greenland certainly experience harsh winters, none can match the sheer volume of snow that buries parts of Japan each year, proving that geography, not just latitude, determines where snow falls heaviest.
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