icemelt

English

Etymology

ice +‎ melt

Noun

icemelt (uncountable)

1. The melting of a geographical mass of ice.
   • 2002, Ireneo Peter Martini, Victor R Baker, Guillermina Garzón, Flood and megaflood processes and deposits: recent and ancient examples:

     Many of the Sierra Nevada fans have associated perennial streams fed by rainfall, snowmelt or glacial icemelt in the catchments.

See also

• snowmelt