snowmelt
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈsnoʊˌmɛlt/
- UK
:
agua de deshielo
- The tea-colored river ran fast with snowmelt, a scarf of bubbles at every high rock, pools and setbacks streaming.
Examples
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In spring, the snowmelt provides essential water to rivers and streams as the snow slowly thaws.
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"The greatest volume of runoff could occur not in May or June, our typical snowmelt months," says Cooley, "but instead in March or April."
Academic text (1997) -
On relatively flat ground, the snowmelt stays on top of the soil, above the ice layer.
Academic text (1994) -
Consider installing a drainage water management plan and structures this fall to capture rainfall and snowmelt.
Blog text (14) -
The barrels catch rain and snowmelt, which Holstrom uses to irrigate the small vegetable garden she and her husband maintain.
Blog text (14) -
In the Sierra foothills in California, he hiked up high and panned for gold in snowmelt streams.
Academic text (2007) -
Such habitats are restricted to small areas near glaciers, streams, edges of frozen lakes, and snowmelt depressions.
Academic text (1999) -
The historical Owens River was sustained by snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada, terminating in the saline Owens Lake.
Academic text (2004) -
But soil made soupy by the trapped snowmelt can render farm fields uncrossable—even with a 4-wheel-drive vehicle—delaying spring planting for up to a month.
Academic text (1994) -
The farmer relies on the snowmelt to irrigate his fields after the winter season ends.
Synonyms
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4.8
Water that comes from snow or ice when they become liquid, often on glaciers
How Much
- UK
1
3.2
- US
26
3.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Snowmelt comes from snow + melt, with melt meaning 'to become liquid', so it can mean the water that runs off when snow turns to water. That is why farmers and rivers depend on snowmelt in spring.