snowpack

noun

snow·​pack ˈsnō-ˌpak How to pronounce snowpack (audio)
: a seasonal accumulation of slow-melting packed snow

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If the soil is too dry, snowpack runoff in the spring will be absorbed by the ground instead of heading to the reservoirs. Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024 The next day, her body was found in a snowpack off a highway near Banning, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release. Jordan D. Brown, CNN, 24 Nov. 2024 Research suggests that climate change has reduced snowpacks in most parts of the Northern Hemisphere in the last 40 years, according to a study published earlier this year in Nature. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2024 Fed by our changing snowpack, the mighty Colorado provides water to nearly 50 million Americans, irrigates some of the most important agricultural lands in the world, is over-allocated and stressed by prolonged drought and climate change. Bill Ritter Jr., The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for snowpack 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1946, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of snowpack was circa 1946

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“Snowpack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowpack. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.

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