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	'''Spring''' is one of the four ] ]s. Spring falls between ] and ].

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	The ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary'' states that spring comprises "in the ] usually the months of ], ], ], or as reckoned astronomically extending from the ]. As in summer, the axis of the ] is tilted toward the ], and the length of daylight days rapidly increases as latitude increases. The northern hemisphere begins to warm significantly, causing new plant growth to "spring forth", giving the season its name. begins to melt, and streams swell with runoff and spring rains. Most flowering plants bloom this time of year, in a long succession beginning even when snow is still on the ground, and continuing into early summer. In normally snowless areas, "spring" may begin as early as February during warmer years, with ] areas having very subtle differences, and ] ones none at all. ] areas may not experience "spring" at all until May or even June, or December in the outer ].

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	] most often occurs during the spring, when warm air begins to invade from lower ]s while cold air is still pushing from the ]s. Flooding is also most common in and near mountainous areas during this time of year because of snowmelt, many times accelerated by warm rains. In the ], ] is most active by far this time of year, especially since the ] prevent the surging hot and cold air masses from spreading eastward and instead force them directly at each other. Besides ]es, ]s can also produce dangerously large ] and very high winds, for which a ] or ] is usually issued. Even more so than winter, the ]s play an important role in severe weather in the springtime.

	The ] season officially begins in late spring, on ] in the northeastern ] and ] in the northern ]. Before these dates, hurricanes are almost unheard of and even tropical storms are rare, one of the earliest ever being ] in mid-April 2003.

	Spring is seen as a time of growth, renewal, of new life (both plant and animal) being born. The term is also used more generally as a metaphor for the start of better times, as in ].

	The first day of spring is the beginning of the new year, ], in the ] and is celebrated in ] (Persia) but also celebrated in ] (Turkiye) as ] And ] as ].

	Nowrose or nowroze is not only celebrated in Afghanistan, Iran, and Tajikistan but also amongst Kurd communities where ever they live. Also it is celebrated in Uzbekistan and all those places where Iranians (people belonging to ancient Iran) from Sinkiang in China to Syria is celebrated as beginning of the new year.

	Nevruz is a spring celebration observed widely by the Turkish peoples living in a wide territory that includes East and Central Asia, Siberia, the Caucasus, Crimea, Anatolia and the Balkans. It is also a holiday in Iran, a day that marks the beginning of the Iranian New Year. Nevruz generally falls around March 21, corresponding to the vernal equinox, when the day and night are of equal length. Nevruz is an official holiday in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, and a public holiday in Turkey. Other Turkic peoples such as Uyghurs, Yakuts, Karakalpaks, Volga or Kazan Tatars, Bashkirs and Crimean Tatars also participate in spring celebrations.
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	== External links ==
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	* (from the ]'s Astronomical Applications Department)
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	* (BBC,UK News Magazine)

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