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...
- in seaquakes, waterspouts, artesian wells, eruptions, torrents, eddies, freshets, spates, groundswells, watersheds, waterpartings, geysers, cataracts, whirlpools...
- 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...
- River dried up in many places every summer at the conclusion of the spring freshet from the Rocky Mountains. Constant, steady flows down the Qu'Appelle River...
- the prevailing current when the tide is high. However, during the spring freshet, this reversal is often surp****ed by the downstream volume of water. The...
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- in the autumn, and considerably higher than average during the spring freshet at 6,800 m3/s (240,000 cu ft/s). In early spring, upper sections of the...
- 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...
- 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...
- white-water sports. On salmonid rivers special releases (in Britain called freshets) are made to encourage natural migration behaviours in fish and to provide...