spring snow
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of spring snow
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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The silky green ribbon of the Merced River meanders through the valley floor below, astonishingly lush during the spring snow melt.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
As temperatures rise in spring, snow accumulated during winter melts and the runoff feeds river systems.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2026
Cumulative spring snow, which was strongly correlated with delayed ice-off dates, has nearly doubled over the last century at Yellowstone Lake, the research showed.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024
Declines in snowpack, the total mass of snow on the ground, have serious implications for places that depend on spring snow melt as a water source.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
In summer the road here would have been sketchy but pass-able; now it was made unnavigable by a foot and a half of mushy spring snow.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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