Definitions for meltwater
ˈmɛltˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ərmelt·wa·ter

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1. meltwaternoun

   melted snow or ice

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1. meltwaternoun

   Water from melting ice or snow.

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1. Meltwater

   Meltwater is water released by the melting of snow or ice, including glacial ice, tabular icebergs and ice shelves over oceans. Meltwater is often found during early spring when snow packs and frozen rivers melt with rising temperatures, and in the ablation zone of glaciers where the rate of snow cover is reducing. Meltwater can be produced during volcanic eruptions, in a similar way in which the more dangerous lahars form. When meltwater pools on the surface rather than flowing, it forms melt ponds. As the weather gets colder meltwater will often re-freeze. Meltwater can also collect or melt under the ice's surface. These pools of water, known as subglacial lakes can form due to geothermal heat and friction.

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1. meltwater

   Meltwater is water that is derived from the melting of ice and snow, typically from glaciers, icebergs, or snow packs. This can occur due to natural seasonal changes or due to man-made global warming effects. It is a crucial component of the global water cycle.

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1. Meltwater

   Meltwater is the water released by the melting of snow or ice, including glacial ice, tabular icebergs and ice shelves over oceans. Meltwater is often found in the ablation zone of glaciers, where the rate of snow cover is reducing. Meltwater can be produced during volcanic eruptions, in a similar way in which the more dangerous lahars form. When meltwater pools on the surface rather than flowing, it forms melt ponds. As the weather gets colder meltwater will often re-freeze. Meltwater can collect or melt under the ice's surface. These pools of water, known as subglacial lakes can form due to geothermal heat and friction.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of meltwater in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of meltwater in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of meltwater in a Sentence

1. Kaitlin Naughten:

   This means that Antarctic sea ice doesn't respond directly to global warming averaged over the whole planet, but rather to changes in these winds. Climate change is affecting the winds, but so is the ozone hole and short-term cycles like El Nino. The sea ice also responds to the level of ocean mixing, which is affected by meltwater from the Antarctic Ice Sheet.

2. Wouter Buytaert:

   While glacier meltwater propagates downstream, it mixes with water from other sources such as direct rainfall, wetlands, and groundwater, up to a point where the impact of glacier melting may become negligible.

3. Catherine Bradshaw:

   Near the coast, the ice flows faster in ice streams, glaciers and ice shelves and is lost to the ocean as either meltwater or icebergs, without new snowfall to replace the ice that is constantly being lost, the ice sheet will lose mass.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=meltwater
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Meltwater
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meltwater
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5. ^ Wikidata
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