freshet
Sign in to savethumb|Freshet on Ouareau River in Rawdon, Quebec|Rawdon, [[Quebec, Canada]] thumb|An example of usage of the term "freshet" is shown in the text on a historic marker at Durgin Bridge near Sandwich, New Hampshire.
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thumb|Freshet on Ouareau River in Rawdon, Quebec|Rawdon, [[Quebec, Canada]] thumb|An example of usage of the term "freshet" is shown in the text on a historic marker at Durgin Bridge near Sandwich, New Hampshire.
A freshet is a snowmelt, an annual high water event on rivers resulting from snow and river ice melting.
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