noun
Etymology
Origin of snowmelt
Example Sentences
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Dry soils can absorb large amounts of snowmelt before it ever reaches streams, while groundwater losses across the basin have surged in recent decades.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 14, 2026
Since 1999, precipitation across the Colorado River Basin has declined by about 7%, and in some years only about half of the expected snowmelt actually reaches rivers and streams.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 14, 2026
That means less of that snowmelt makes its way into streams and rivers.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 14, 2026
“It’s pretty obvious that this is the runoff — this is the snowmelt — and it’s just happening about two months early.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
By snowmelt, Tree-ear had still not seen it.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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