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meltwater Definition

melt·water (meltwôt′ər)

noun

water produced by the melting of snow or ice

meltwater Usage Examples

Preposition: from

  • sheet: The most likely potential source for such an anomaly is meltwater from the Antarctic ice sheet in a global warming scenario.

Converse of object

  • produce: This and four others produce meltwater that flows off into three oceans: the Arctic, Pacific and the Atlantic.

Adjective modifier

  • glacial: However, in the Himalaya upwards of 80 % of flow in the major longitudinal rivers is glacial meltwater.
  • subglacial: Basal sediment evacuation by subglacial meltwater: suspended sediment transport from Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland.

Modifies a noun

  • channel: The ridge is defined by broad meltwater channels currently occupied by minor streams.
  • stream: Surface meltwater streams on the glacier are highlighted in blue; crevasses in green.
  • erosion: It demonstrates variable ice retreat rates during deglaciation and contains pristine examples of ice contact topography, unaltered by post-depositional meltwater erosion.
  • flow: The physical processes that govern meltwater flow through snow are complex and spatially variable.
  • runoff: Rippled terrain, probably caused by meltwater runoff, on the slopes of A Chioch to the west.
  • incision: These contain visually prominent ridges and spreads of glaciofluvial sediments separated by deep meltwater incision.

Converse of subject

  • deposit: Esker A ridge of sediment ( often winding ) made up of sand and gravel deposited by glacial meltwater.
  • carry: They show that sediment was carried by meltwater derived from an ice front situated on high ground to the south.

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