glacial lake
Any lake formed in or adjacent to a glacier by glacial activityAny lake formed in or adjacent to a glacier by glacial activity; especially a lake formed by melted water behind an ice dam, often temporary and liable to drain catastrophically when the ice dam breaks.
» The melted snowpack seeps down to fill mountainside indentations to form glacial lakes.
Meaning
1 sensesAny lake formed in or adjacent to a glacier by glacial activity; especially a lake formed by melted water behind an ice dam, often temporary and liable to drain catastrophically when the ice dam breaks.
Examples
3 sentencesThe melted snowpack seeps down to fill mountainside indentations to form glacial lakes.
Glacial lake outburst floods, or GLOFs, are increasing in frequency as climate change increases the rate of glacial melting.
The melting of glaciers has put cities like Huaraz at risk of what scientists call a “glof,” or glacial lake outburst flood.
Forms
plural: glacial lakes| Singular | glacial lake |
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