- 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...
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Specification for
spacing will vary
between manufacturers. A
faster rate of
snowmelting will
require closer spacing of tubing,
typical spacing is 6-8". Another...
- with 110 km, and
Maule with 240 km.
Their waters mainly flow from
Andean snowmelt in the
summer and
winter rains. The
major lakes in this area are the artificial...
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kilometres (89 mi). The
rivers are
primarily fed by groundwater, rainfall, and
snowmelt, with each
source contributing approximately one-third of the
annual runoff...
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Proponents for
snowmelters claim that
these essentially speed up the
natural snowmelting process. They
discharge the melt
water into
storm drains and
sewer systems...
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water is
produced by precipitation. As the
climate warms in the spring,
snowmelt runs off
towards nearby streams and
rivers contributing towards a large...
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since 2000.
Floods are
generally caused by
excessive rainfall,
excessive snowmelt,
storm surge from hurricanes, and dam failure.
Tropical Storm Paul formed...
- by the
Sacramento River and San
Joaquin River,
which are fed
mostly by
snowmelt from the west
slope of the
Sierra Nevada, and
respectively drain the north...
- can be used to
reduce the
effect of
pollutants from roads.
Rainwater and
snowmelt running off of
roads tends to pick up gasoline,
motor oil,
heavy metals...
- (the Rhône Glacier), by
trailing into a lake or river, or by
shedding snowmelt on a meadow.
Sometimes a
piece of
glacier will
detach or
break resulting...
