snowmelt
Origin of snowmelt
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How to use snowmelt in a sentence
In fact, though storms often precede flash floods, you don’t always have to see rain before flooding–snowmelt or precipitation might occur at a higher elevation and flow downhill.
The enhanced winter warming comes as a result of a positive feedback between warmer temperatures and snowmelt.
Similarly, McKenzie Skiles, a snow hydrologist at the University of Utah, has been modeling dust impacts on snowmelt in the mountains to try to get a fix on how that affects the region’s water supply and quality.
Dust clouds are killing people out West—and the dangers could spread | Virginia Gewin | February 24, 2022 | Popular-ScienceAs the region becomes hotter and drier, necessitating more extraction from the aquifer, less water trickles in from monsoons or snowmelt to replenish it.
The US exports too much of its most valuable resource | Alok Jha | December 23, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewEventually, snowmelt and glacier melt—two important sources of water for the country—will dwindle to a trickle.
Can data help quench the thirst of Pakistan’s most populous city? | Mariya Karimjee | December 23, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
British Dictionary definitions for snowmelt
/ (ˈsnəʊˌmɛlt) /
water produced by the melting of snow
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