Definition of Freshet. Meaning of Freshet. Synonyms of Freshet

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Definition of Freshet

Freshet
Freshet Fresh"et, n. [OE. fresche flood + -et. See Fresh, a.] 1. A stream of fresh water. [Obs.] --Milton. 2. A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation. Cracked the sky, as ice in rivers When the freshet is at highest. --Longfellow.

Meaning of Freshet from wikipedia

- The term freshet is most commonly used to describe a snowmelt, an annual high water event on rivers resulting from snow and river ice melting. A spring...
- gap is most often carved by water erosion from a freshet, stream or a river. Gaps created by freshets are often, if not normally, devoid of water through...
- in seaquakes, waterspouts, artesian wells, eruptions, torrents, eddies, freshets, spates, groundswells, watersheds, waterpartings, geysers, cataracts, whirlpools...
- to the upper river, the section stretching from Yichang to Chongqing. Freshets from Himalayan snowmelt created treacherous seasonal currents. But summer...
- channel year-round, and are capable of halting most of the river's annual freshets. However, high and low water cycles of the Missourinotably the protracted...
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- Jacob Eelkens became commander on Christiaensen's death in 1616. In 1617 a freshet damaged the fort to such an extent that it was abandoned and rebuilt on...
- border at Kapitan Andreevo, is also named in honour of the river. Spring freshet of Maritsa River at Harmanli View from the river, Edirne. The river viewed...
- advantage is achieved F38.03.009 1935 4.144 7.126 799 854 Dew — is the Freshet in the Gr**** S06c.05.015 1914 2.044 5.044 1097 1102 Did life's penurious...
- traditions. The Kittanning Gap is formed from the erosion valley of a seasonal freshet, so is lightly eroded compared to other gaps of the Allegheny which have...