meltwater in English

noun
1
water formed by the melting of snow and ice, especially from a glacier.
Huge glaciers and meltwater carved out the deep trough of the glen some 20,000 years ago.

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1. In August 2017, Meltwater acquired Algo in combination of cash and stock.

2. Additional sedimentary observations from Quebec and Sweden support the meltwater hypothesis.

3. When meltwater pools on the surface rather than flowing, it forms melt ponds.

4. Note the dark turquoise meltwater pond near the cliff, on the left of the medial moraines.

5. Lakes may form in basins where there is sufficient precipitation or meltwater from glaciers above.

6. Greenland’s meltwater accounts for one-fifth of the global sea-level rise over the last decade.

7. 25 For centuries, the population has depended on meltwater from the glaciers of the high mountains to irrigate their farmland.

8. The highly alkalic glass contains 0.1 wt.% S (considered high), and indicates a high original volatile content and drastic quenching, probably during phreatomagmatic eruption from a meltwater-flooded vent.