Snowmelt in high Sierra Nevada meadow

pools of water accumulate between patches of snow in a meadow surrounded by pine trees

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Ian Vogel/USFWS

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This high Sierra Nevada meadow is absorbing and storing snowmelt. In the summer and fall, that water will be slowly released into nearby creeks.

Ecosystem

Mountain

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