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单词 snowpack
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snowpack

[ snoh-pak ]
/ ˈsnoʊˌpæk /

noun

the accumulation of winter snowfall, especially in mountain or upland regions.

Origin of snowpack

First recorded in 1945–50; snow + pack1

Words nearby snowpack

Snowmass Mountain, snowmelt, snowmobile, snow mold, snow-on-the-mountain, snowpack, snow pea, snow pear, snow pellet, snow pellets, snow plant
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Example sentences from the Web for snowpack

  • In northeastern Yellowstone, the snowpack has declined 22 percent since 1975.

    Who Will Save the Wolverine? Not the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|Doug Peacock|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

  • The depth to which it sinks is considered the penetrability of the snowpack by a walking deer.

    Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota|L. David Mech

British Dictionary definitions for snowpack

snowpack
/ (ˈsnəʊˌpæk) /

noun

a quantity of fallen snow that has become massed together
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for snowpack

snowpack
[ snō′păk′ ]

An area of naturally formed, packed snow that usually melts during the warmer months.
The amount of snow that accumulates annually in a mountainous area.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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