snowmelt runoff

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• Snowmelt — In hydrology, snowmelt is surface runoff produced from melting snow. It can also be used to describe the period or season during which such runoff is produced. Predicting snowmelt runoff from a drainage basin may be a part of designing water… …   Wikipedia

• Runoff — Run off or runoff may refer to:* Surface runoff, the flow of water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, over land * Runoff model (reservoir), a mathematical model describing the rainfall runoff relations of a rainfall catchment area or… …   Wikipedia

• snowmelt — noun Runoff from melting snow The snowmelt causes the river to flood …   Wiktionary

• snowmelt — noun Date: circa 1927 runoff produced by melting snow …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Surface runoff — Runoff flowing into a stormwater drain Surface runoff is the water flow that occurs when soil is infiltrated to full capacity and excess water from rain, meltwater, or other sources flows over the land. This is a major component of the water… …   Wikipedia

• Cryosphere — Overview of the Cryosphere and its larger components, from the UN Environment Programme Global Outlook for Ice and Snow. The cryosphere (from the Greek κρύος cryos cold , frost or ice ) is the term which collectively describes the portions of the …   Wikipedia

• Gallatin River — The Gallatin River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 120 mi (193 km long), in the U.S. states of Wyoming and Montana. It is one of three rivers, along with the Jefferson and Madison, that converge near Three Forks, Montana, to… …   Wikipedia

• Pack River — The Pack River is located in Northern Idaho. Headwaters originate in the Selkirk Mountains, and flow in a southerly direction over convert|40|mi|km|0 to the river’s mouth at the northern tip of Lake Pend Oreille. It is the second largest… …   Wikipedia

• Insolation — is a measure of solar radiation energy received on a given surface area in a given time. It is commonly expressed as average irradiance in watts per square meter (W/m²) or kilowatt hours per square meter per day (kW·h/(m²·day)) (or hours/day). In …   Wikipedia

• Climate of Minnesota — On March 29, 1881 snowdrifts in Minnesota were higher than locomotives. The climate of Minnesota is typical of a continental climate, with cold winters and hot summers. Minnesota s location in the Upper Midwest allows it to experience some of the …   Wikipedia

• Yellowstone-Nationalpark — Yellowstone Nationalpark …   Deutsch Wikipedia