freshet
Speech parts
1. freshet - Noun
2. freshet - Adjective
Meaning
A stream of fresh water.
A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation.
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They claim this mother of ours, the earth, for their own and fence their neighbors away; they deface her with their buildings and their refuse. That nation is like a spring freshet that overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path. We cannot dwell side by side.
Withdrawn and ruinous it broods in umbra: the immemorial masonry: the towers, the tracks. Is all corroding? No. Through an avenue of spires a zephyr floats; a bird whistles; a freshet bears away from a choked river.
BC Hydro says in a report released Monday the spring freshet is creating surplus energy and its independent power producers are also putting out their greatest amount of electricity, about 29 per cent of total generation.
As spring freshet approaches an end, Peachland’s water quality is gradually improving.