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In the West, snowmelt supplies up to 75% of the water supply for some states, according to past U.S. Geological Survey data.
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Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2024
This heavy rainfall and snowmelt could cause flash flooding and may impact travel.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
For example, an outburst flood that flows into a large lake basin that’s been depleted during a drought year will have far less impact on a downstream community than a flood draining into a narrow riverbed already swollen with snowmelt.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
Her old friend the river spoke loudly, swollen with snowmelt and spring rain.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2024
This heavy rainfall and snowmelt could cause flash flooding and may impact travel.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
For example, an outburst flood that flows into a large lake basin that’s been depleted during a drought year will have far less impact on a downstream community than a flood draining into a narrow riverbed already swollen with snowmelt.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
Her old friend the river spoke loudly, swollen with snowmelt and spring rain.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Snowmelt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowmelt. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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