snowpack
the accumulation of winter snowfall, especially in mountain or upland regions.
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How to use snowpack in a sentence
The major man-made storage reservoirs are less than half full, and the planet’s natural storage—snowpack and soil moisture—are depleted, too.
Is This Winter’s Sketchy Snowpack the New Normal? | Heather Hansman | February 19, 2021 | Outside OnlineIt should be warm enough in the afternoon, though, for a bit of that snowpack to start melting away.
After 2 to 4 inches of snow, an icy night ahead in D.C. area. Snow showers possible Monday. | Jason Samenow, Dan Stillman, Andrew Freedman | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostShould be warm enough in the afternoon, though, to start seeing a bit of that snowpack melt away.
Let it snow! A few inches likely to accumulate today; more tomorrow into Tuesday? | Brian Jackson, Dan Stillman | January 31, 2021 | Washington PostGow was well-trained in understanding the complicated formula of weather, snowpack conditions and terrain that leads to avalanches.
How One Man Survived a Plane Crash and 5 Days in the Snowy Canadian Wilderness—and Went On to Help Shape the Modern Ski Industry | Cassidy Randall | December 27, 2020 | TimeI liked getting my ski legs under me on-area in December and January as I tuned into local avalanche advisories, asked questions, followed the weather, waited for the snowpack to deepen, and built a “season history” of the snowpack.
In northeastern Yellowstone, the snowpack has declined 22 percent since 1975.
Who Will Save the Wolverine? Not the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Doug Peacock | July 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe depth to which it sinks is considered the penetrability of the snowpack by a walking deer.
Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota | L. David Mech
British Dictionary definitions for snowpack
/ (ˈsnəʊˌpæk) /
a quantity of fallen snow that has become massed together
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for snowpack
[ snō′păk′ ]
An area of naturally formed, packed snow that usually melts during the warmer months.
The amount of snow that accumulates annually in a mountainous area.
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