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Definitions of freshet in various dictionaries:
noun - the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
A sudden overflow of a stream resulting from a heavy rain or a thaw.
A stream of fresh water that empties into a body of salt water.
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| the flood of a river from heavy rain or melted snow. |
| the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow |
| The flood of a river from heavy rain or melted snow. |
| A sudden overflow of a stream resulting from a heavy rain or a thaw. |
| A stream of fresh water that empties into a body of salt water. |
| Freshet description |
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| The term freshet is most commonly used to describe a spring thaw resulting from snow and ice melt in rivers located in the northern latitudes of North America. A spring freshet can sometimes last several weeks on large river systems, resulting in significant inundation of flood plains as the snowpack melts in the river's catchment area. Freshets occur with generally diminishing strength and duration depending upon the snowpacks having large accumulations and then the local average rates of warming temperatures; late spring melts allowing faster flooding from the relatively longer days and higher solar angle against more southerly latitudes and elevations reaching average melting temperatures sooner where earlier and generally lesser seasonal snow piles melt more gradually spread over a longer melt period. Serious flooding from southern freshets are more often related to rain storms of large tropical weather systems rolling in from the South Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico, to add their pow |