glacial lake

English

Noun

glacial lake (plural glacial lakes)

  1. 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.

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