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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">As used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the period of time between the  lowest point and the succeeding highest point on the [[time curve]] of cumulative Fahrenheit [[degree-  days]] above and below 32&#x000b0;F; the opposite of [[freezing season]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph"><br/>''See also'' [[growing season]].</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">As used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the period of time between the  lowest point and the succeeding highest point on the [[time curve]] of cumulative Fahrenheit [[degree-day|degree-  days]] above and below 32&#x000b0;F; the opposite of [[freezing season]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph"><br/>''See also'' [[growing season]].</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 17:05, 25 April 2012



thawing season

As used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the period of time between the lowest point and the succeeding highest point on the time curve of cumulative Fahrenheit degree- days above and below 32°F; the opposite of freezing season.


See also growing season.


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