A freshet can refer to one of two things:
- A flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw. A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land a deluge Whereas heavy rain often causes a flash flood, a spring thaw event is generally a more incremental process, depending upon local climate and topography. A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic lowlying areas - washes rivers and streams Topography ( topo-, "place" and graphia, "writing" is the study of Earth 's Surface features or those of Planets The term freshet is most commonly used to describe a spring thaw resulting from snow and ice melt in rivers located in the northern latitudes of North America, particularly Canada, where rivers are frozen each winter and thaw during the spring. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A spring freshet can sometimes last several weeks on large river systems, resulting in significant inundation of flood plains as the snow pack melts in the river's watershed. ||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||}A floodplain, or flood plain, is flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a Stream or River that experiences occasional or periodic "Snowfall" redirects here For other uses see Snow (disambiguation or Snowfall (disambiguation. A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, Spring freshets associated with thaw events are sometimes accompanied by ice jams which can cause flash floods. An ice dam (or ice jam) occurs when water builds up behind a blockage of ice
- A stream or river of fresh water which empties into the ocean, usually flowing through an estuary. Freshwater is a word that refers to bodies of water such as Ponds lakes rivers and streams containing low concentrations of dissolved Salts and other Total dissolved An ocean (from Greek, ''Okeanos'' (Oceanus) is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the Hydrosphere. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open
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freshet
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- A flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw. Whereas heavy rain often causes a flash flood, a spring thaw event is generally a more incremental process, depending upon local climate and topography. The term freshet is most commonly used to describe a spring thaw resulting from snow and ice melt in rivers located in the northern latitudes of North America, particularly Canada, where rivers are frozen each winter and thaw during the spring. A spring freshet can sometimes last several weeks on large river systems, resulting in significant inundation of flood plains as the snow pack melts in the river's watershed. Spring freshets associated with thaw events are sometimes accompanied by ice jams which can cause flash floods.
- (poetic) a small stream, especially one flowing into the sea
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