Got a reference for that claim?
>>Got a reference for that claim?
Pick any reference that explains potential energy and entropy.
The potential energy of a frozen molecule of H20 is higher on top of Mt. Everest than the same molecule in liquid state in the Indian Ocean; and if net potential energy is higher, then entropy is lower.
If you were correct, and the entropy of elevated snow and ice was higher than that of liquid water at a lower elevation, then hydroelectric generation wouldn’t work as it does at the Hoover Dam - where the majority of the water flowing through the dam and turning the turbines in the spring is melted snow and ice.
Again, simple observation makes it self-evident that you are not correct.