| The Athabasca, fed by glacier melt and snowmelt at high altitudes, does not peak until July. |
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| Also contributing to the flooding were below-normal temperatures from March to May that delayed significant snowmelt. |
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| It is in April that most stations exhibit significant warming, and this warming can advance the arrival of snowmelt in northern basins. |
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| In many parts of the basin, snow stays on the ground for over half the year, and snowmelt usually triggers major high-flow events. |
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| But the river, carrying snowmelt from the Alps, was ice-cold, and its waters were fast-flowing. |
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| In southern Finland the mating season begins soon after snowmelt, typically toward the end of April. |
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| Your gutters and downspouts direct rain and snowmelt away from the foundation of the house. |
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| It helps soil retain more water and nutrients and helps soil hold together, making it better able to resist erosion by rain or snowmelt. |
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| Except during spring snowmelt and runoff, freshwater input to coastal lagoons is limited. |
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| The annual spring snowmelt freshets of the Fraser River system pose the principal flood hazard to those occupying its floodplain areas. |
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| The basins were fed by snowmelt from far above, though the influx was a mere trickle compared to the boisterous torrents of spring. |
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| Every July the Egyptian New Year began when the Nile flooded with snowmelt from the mountains. |
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| Mini-oases of peace occur in harbours, sheltered from the torrential force of spring snowmelt. |
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| The black lines indicate additional areas where water availability is predominantly influenced by snowmelt generated upstream. |
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| Large, intact portions of the Cienega Corridor allow for rain and snowmelt to enter the ground and recharge our drinking water reservoirs. |
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| For example, Los Angeles is situated in a desert and gets its water supply from distant rivers and mountain snowmelt. |
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| We are especially concerned about the northern Rocky Mountain forecast since it feeds snowmelt to the northern branch of the Platte River. |
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| Caterpillars hatch from overwintering eggs in early to mid-May shortly after snowmelt. |
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| In the morning we were off early, following the creek, a tumbling, explosive cataract swollen by snowmelt. |
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| And because water cannot penetrate it either, there is little drainage after rain or snowmelt. |
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| These include rapid snowmelt, water-level changes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and excessive rainfall. |
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| After a three-mile slog uphill through ice-cold snowmelt, we rendezvous with the Professor, who has managed to meet us with the supply vehicles. |
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| Many of our North Shore side streets still had a bed of ice from last week's snowmelt under Tuesday's fresh snow. |
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| This trend reflects the likelihood of increased snowmelt and precipitation during the maximum melt season from May to July. |
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| Despite strong resilience in fecundity parameters, when snowmelt is extremely delayed breeding success is greatly reduced. |
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| Schools and clinics are planned, as is a dam to catch snowmelt and provide irrigation for agriculture. |
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| These areas are dependent on snowmelt and their size varies greatly from year to year. |
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| Much of the forest north of Edmonton was tinder-dry because of minimal snowmelt and negligible spring rains. |
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| Peak flows from snowmelt are the dominant hydrologic feature of most boreal and montane watersheds. |
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| The lava-like effect requires a clear sky and enough snowmelt to furnish the fall with sufficient water. |
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| The hydrology of the Sutlej is controlled by spring and summer snowmelt in the Himalayas and by the South Asian monsoon. |
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| The glaciers of the western Himalayas, whose snowmelt and rains provide the Indus with its water, are dwindling as the world warms up. |
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| This change in habitat may also increase the ease with which rainfall and snowmelt drain to Hudson Bay. |
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| In Quebec, the snowmelt in spring combined with heavy spring showers are the major causes of flooding. |
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| Rainfall, snowmelt, and groundwater all contribute to the volume of flow, producing variations from season to season and year to year. |
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| Litterfall may then be collected once before the winter period and once after snowmelt, as frost limits drainage and litter decomposition. |
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| As soon as the spring snowmelt begins, females moult into a barred breeding plumage of brown, gold, and black. |
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| The area also becomes impassable in the warmer months due to frequent landslides caused by snowmelt and rainfall. |
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| It can vary widely due to season, snowmelt, recent rainfall, and temperature. |
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| A quick snowmelt in the northwest region did not result in higher run offs but in increased soil moisture. |
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| Streams in the boreal plains region exhibit a less dramatic response to snowmelt and rainfall runoff than do the alpine streams. |
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| During periods of high rainfall, as well as after snowmelt, the water table is near the soil surface in forested wetlands. |
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| We investigated the importance of snowmelt as an organizing factor for epilithic microalgae in a high-altitude montane stream during 3 yr of differing melt characteristics. |
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| But there is no mention of such a phenomenon in the EIA reports of the projects on the Teesta, which is sustained by glacial melt, snowmelt run-off and monsoon rainfall. |
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| One possible strategy for maximizing the period of plant growth in snowbed habitats would be for seedlings to germinate as early as possible after snowmelt. |
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| Trends toward earlier snowmelt and streamflow need to be considered in the water-resource and flood-management systems and procedures in many western settings. |
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| This was also likely the case in 1995, since in both years surveys were initiated immediately after snowmelt and conducted during a restricted period. |
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| With the late rains we had in the spring, and then the wet summer upstream, the river has been higher than normal, and that land hasn't really dried out since snowmelt. |
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| Do reshape a road after the last snowmelt, returning gravel that has been plowed aside to its rightful place and making sure to restore the crown. |
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| This is attributed to its large elevation range, which causes an extended melt contribution period as snowmelt progresses from the valleys to the mountain tops. |
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| Snow depth and spring temperatures in April and May had little impact on breeding phenology of alpine ptarmigan, but delayed snowmelt in June 1995 caused hardship. |
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| The area is covered with layers of basalt, porous volcanic rock that has been collecting rain and snowmelt in underground aquifers for millions of years. |
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| It was cool and refreshing, just the way she had always dreamed snowmelt would taste in stories of her childhood and the way it assuredly did not taste. |
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| But much of the snowmelt runs out of state, and Coloradoans can't stop it. |
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| The central feature was a 2,200-km-long canal, linking Siberian rivers, swollen with snowmelt, to the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers in Central Asia. |
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| Fear gripped her in icy clutches despite the heat, and then, strangely, it ran down her skin in cold waves like snowmelt down a majestic mountain. |
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| The principal seasonal flow pattern exhibited by most rivers is the subarctic nival regime, in which snowmelt, often accompanied by river ice breakup, generates high flows. |
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| The larvae can be extremely abundant in some of the snowmelt pools. |
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| The study also showed that extreme low flows are caused by severe reductions in runoff from spring snowmelt, and follow dry weather over much of the basin during the previous summer and autumn. |
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| The Danube draws upon a series of right-bank Alpine tributaries, which, through reliance on spring and summer snowmelt, make its regime notably uneven. |
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| The temperatures of northern areas are also expected to increase during this weekend that would trigger good snowmelt during next 5-6 days. |
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| There is also real threat of wide-spread floods in Bulgaria over the expected snowmelt, experts alarm. |
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| At the city of Kalach-na-Donu about 65 percent of the annual flow occurs during April and May, compared with about 7 percent in March before the snowmelt begins. |
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| Creeks flooded with snowmelt rush towards the Missouri river. |
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| The lakes and organic soils of the muskeg on the taiga plains provide significant storage, which attenuates stream-flow response to rainfall and snowmelt runoff. |
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| Rain and snowmelt will hit the river and flow downstream rapidly. |
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| A subarctic nival regime is evident throughout the Deh Cho, where the spring snowmelt is the primary source of water for the region and annual peak flows usually occur in springtime. |
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| They show how spaceborne microwave remote sensing data can be used to estimate the timing and rate of snowmelt over smooth thick first-year sea ice. |
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| So water levels are generally high after snowmelt and decrease during the summer due to evaporation and evapotranspiration, which are at their peak in the summer. |
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| The report adds that climate change was affecting snowmelt and reducing flows into the Indus River, the main supply source. |
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| Rain or snowmelt that refreezes may collect on the soil surface and injure the plant. |
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| The ruins of old homes strafed by Soviet gunships crowd a gravel streambed that is dry most of the year but runs swiftly with snowmelt come spring. |
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| Our results revealed that DIN concentrations were higher in the near-shore and aquafarm areas than in offshore observation sites during the snowmelt period. |
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| Many of the Sierra Nevada fans have associated perennial streams fed by rainfall, snowmelt or glacial icemelt in the catchments. |
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| In addition, untreated wastewater discharged from sewer systems following heavy rainfalls and snowmelt runoff also needs to be taken into account. |
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| They also actively avoid fresh water from mountain snowmelt, diving until they find enough salt. |
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| Typically snowmelt will peak in the spring and glacier melt in the summer, leading to pronounced flow maxima in rivers affected by them. |
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| It is frozen from October to late May and has a maximum flow in June with the snowmelt. |
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| The areas that are not arid and receive high precipitation experience periodic flooding from rapid snowmelt and runoff. |
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| The river is known for dramatic flooding after storms and spring snowmelt, which in past times often caused the river to change course. |
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| Nevertheless, snowmelt and the drop in consumer demand for electric power have made it possible to maintain adequate levels behind hydroelectric dams. |
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| A large portion of the annual precipitation is stored for several months in the form of snow and therefore snowmelt runoff in spring is a dominant feature of regional stream hydrographs. |
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| The early spring season was characterized by very cool temperatures which delayed planting in the south and slowed the snowmelt in the northern growing areas. |
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| Field measurements of snowmelt and soil moisture offer at most two months of warning. |
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| For example, the rain, snowmelt and irrigation water that seeps through ploughed fields carries nutrients and pesticides to rivers via a multitude of channels, ditches and streams. |
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| The surface contour and vegetated cover promote run-off of rainfall and snowmelt, as well as evapo-transpiration of moisture to the atmosphere, which minimizes net infiltration through the tailings. |
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| Heavy rainfall, snowmelt, or high levels of ground water may trigger a movement of soil or sediments, possibly causing mudslides, landslides, avalanches, or sinkholes. |
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