: a seasonal accumulation of slow-melting packed snow
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That snowpack ultimately flows to the Delta, and the regional disparity affects how much water the State Water Project will be able to deliver.—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025 Here is some of what the Courant has reported about that flood, drawing on archives:
When March 1936 arrives, the snowpack in northern New England is deep, owing to a colder than normal winter.—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025 Those who depend on the river are already dealing with uncertainty: this season’s mountain snowpack is expected to deliver about half the median amount of water to the system’s two major reservoirs, which are already two-thirds empty.—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 31 May 2025 Unlike the east, the western US gets most of its water through the winter months and depends on snowpack high in the mountains melting slowly through the spring and early summer to fill reservoirs and rivers.—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for snowpack
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