English Explanatory Dictionary

glacial lake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any 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.

Word forms

glacial lake glacial lakes

Derived words

glacial lake outburst flood

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