"quake lake" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: quake lakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} quake lake (plural quake lakes)
  1. A lake formed after the damming of a watercourse by a landslide caused by an earthquake. Related terms: landslide dam, barrier lake

Inflected forms

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