glacial lake outburst flood

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

glacial lake +‎ outburst flood

Noun[edit]

glacial lake outburst flood (plural glacial lake outburst floods)

  1. The rapid draining of a lake created by a dam of glacial ice, wherein the lake water undermines the glacier plugging the outlet, leading to a flood.

Synonyms[edit]

Hypernyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=glacial_lake_outburst_flood&oldid=60315280"