snow melt
Winter's liquid legacy
Snow melt is water produced when snow thaws, or the process of that thawing.
Spring snow melt feeds rivers and replenishes reservoirs.
In hydrology, snow melt timing affects water supply planning: The early snow melt left streams low by August.
Also spelled as one word: snowmelt.
- glacier retreatShrinking of frozen masses
- freshetSnowmelt-driven flood
- spring runoffSeasonal meltwater discharge
- spring thawWarming that melts winter's ice
- seasonal thawPeriodic ice melting
alpine meadow · meltwater · thaw · runoff · mountain stream · percolation · streamflow · flood stage · cryosphere · ice · slush · avalanche · rivulet · mountain · ski season · glacier · April · drip
- Snowsnowbank, blizzard, powder, flurry, flurries
- meltingthaw, thawing, defrosting, defrost, liquefaction
- water cyclewater cycle, precipitation, evaporation, condensation, rain
- Arctic/Tundratundra, permafrost, glacier, arctic fox, polar bear
- getting wetrain, shower, splash, soaking, drenching
- water supplydrinking water, potable water, tap water, municipal water, water tanks
precipitation form and state
snow meltrainfall
Water falling from clouds
rain · freezing rain · groundwater · spring water · sleet
hydrological process direction
snow meltsnow accumulation
Gathered frozen precipitation depth
snowfall · freezing · ice formation · frost · glaciation