noun
snowmelt
Snowmelt (noun) means Water that flows away as snow melts.
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Water that flows away as snow melts.
"Los Angeles would still be a piddling little town in a desert if it weren’t for Sierra snowmelt and city officials crafty enough to snooker eastern California farmers out of their water rights."
— Daniel Duane, It’s August. Californians Are Still Skiing. Don’t Ask (2023)
"Outside, a wind from the south had picked up, a thawing wind that quickened the patter of snowmelt on the back patio."
— Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections (2001)
"The snowmelt causes the river to flood."
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What is the meaning of snowmelt?
"snowmelt" (noun) means water that flows away as snow melts.
