snowmelts
Winter's gradual departure
Snowmelt is water from melting snow, or the process of snow melting.
The plural snowmelts refers to multiple instances of this seasonal phenomenon or to distinct flows of meltwater: Spring snowmelts feed the mountain streams.
The word appears in discussions of hydrology, water supply, and climate: Earlier snowmelts are disrupting irrigation schedules.
Excess water drainage
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- streamflowRiver water's measured movement
- springRecoiling metal spiral
- freshetSnowmelt-driven flood
thaw · drainage · aquifer · recharge · creek · river · flood · surge
Recoiling metal spiral
transition · awakening · renewal · muddy · slush · receding · diminishing · exposure
Organism's natural environment
- wetlandWaterlogged land ecosystem
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- amphibianDual-habitat cold-blooded vertebrate
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
bloom · germination · migration · soil moisture · sediment · salmon · spawning · alpine meadow
runoff
Excess water drainage
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- streamflowRiver water's measured movement
- springRecoiling metal spiral
freshet · thaw · drainage · aquifer · recharge · creek · river · flood · surge · peak flow
spring
Recoiling metal spiral
March · transition · awakening · renewal · muddy · slush · receding · diminishing · exposure · greening
habitat
Organism's natural environment
- wetlandWaterlogged land ecosystem
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- amphibianDual-habitat cold-blooded vertebrate
wildflower · bloom · germination · migration · soil moisture · sediment · salmon · spawning · alpine meadow · tundra
snowmeltsfreezing
Extremely cold
freezes · snow accumulation · snowfall · ice formation · refreezing