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Spring Melt

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-026468

The process whereby warm temperatures melt winter snow and ice. Because various forms of acid deposition may have been stored in the frozen water, the melt can result in abnormally large amounts of acidity entering streams and rivers, sometimes causing fish kills.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-026468
FieldEnvironment
SubjectGeneral environmental
ReferencesTerms of Environment
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-026468",
  "term": "Spring Melt",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The process whereby warm temperatures melt winter snow and ice. Because various forms of acid deposition may have been stored in the frozen water, the melt can result in abnormally large amounts of acidity entering streams and rivers, sometimes causing fish kills.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/spring-melt/"
}

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