Synonyms for meltwater
ˈmɛltˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ərmelt·wa·ter

Princeton's WordNet

1. meltwaternoun

   melted snow or ice

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1. • Water

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1. List of paraphrases for "meltwater":

   snowmelt, thaw

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1. Catherine Bradshaw:

   Near the coast, the ice flows faster in ice streams, glaciers and ice shelves and is lost to the ocean as either meltwater or icebergs, without new snowfall to replace the ice that is constantly being lost, the ice sheet will lose mass.

2. Kaitlin Naughten:

   This means that Antarctic sea ice doesn't respond directly to global warming averaged over the whole planet, but rather to changes in these winds. Climate change is affecting the winds, but so is the ozone hole and short-term cycles like El Nino. The sea ice also responds to the level of ocean mixing, which is affected by meltwater from the Antarctic Ice Sheet.

3. Wouter Buytaert:

   While glacier meltwater propagates downstream, it mixes with water from other sources such as direct rainfall, wetlands, and groundwater, up to a point where the impact of glacier melting may become negligible.