An area that is characterized by heavy annual snowfall.
1966 , , Climatological Data , Monthly totals of less than 6 inches fell in western, central, and east-central sections, with the exception of the Great Lakes snowbelt, where totals ranged from as much as 9 inches along Lake Erie up to 16 inches along the eastern shore of Lake Ontario, amounts well below normal for the snowbelt in December.
1984 , Daniel Roland Fusfeld, ‎Timothy Bates, ‎Timothy Mason Bates , The Political Economy of the Urban Ghetto , Government employment has produced long-term job growth in both snowbelt and sunbelt central cities.
1996 , Leonard Peacefull , A Geography of Ohio , Higher elevations and snow squalls from Lake Erie give Chardon, located in the core of the snowbelt in northern Geauga County, an average snowfall of 105 inches.
