"glacial lake" meaning in All languages combined

See glacial lake on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: glacial lakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Derived forms: glacial lake outburst flood
    Sense id: en-glacial_lake-en-noun-EP3~5yjQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        [
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