glacial lake

collocation in English

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glacial
adjective
uk
/ˈɡleɪ.si.əl/us
/ˈɡleɪ.ʃəl/
made or left by ...
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lake
noun[C]
uk
/leɪk/us
/leɪk/
a large area of water surrounded by land and not connected to the sea except by rivers ...
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(Definition ofglacialandlakefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Glaciallakeoutburst floods occurred during the melt outflow.
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About 15,000 years ago, aglaciallakeoutburst flood occurred.
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It is aglaciallakedammed by a moraine.
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With its area of 8.3 hectares, it is the biggestglaciallakein the whole range.
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Ski and snowshoe trips are possible with four cirque (glaciallake) basins providing good telemark skiing.
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The landscape is dominated by deposits of till, boulder clays andglaciallakeclays.
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The area was once aglaciallakeand is now a wooded bottomland.
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It is aglaciallake3by1 mi and convert deep in places.
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In the period from 1934 to 1951 the glacier receded by, exposing theglaciallake.
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A firstglaciallakeoutburst flood was recorded in 1595, causing 140 deaths.
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As theglaciallakereceded over the centuries, the river levels dropped.
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The area around thisglaciallakeexplodes into wildflowers in the early summer.
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The lake is the largest naturalglaciallakewith an area of around 29 hectares.
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Some of the lakes present a danger of aglaciallakeoutburst flood.
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This slender channel was gouged out by escaping meltwater draining from aglaciallake.
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Moraine soils dominate, but theglaciallakesediments and glacier valleys occurs.
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One suchglaciallakemitigation project, for example, aimed to lower water levels by five meters over three years.
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To the north of these ridges are deposits of clay, sand and gravel left by aglaciallake.
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These glaciers have thawed significantly over the course of recorded history, causing lethal and destructiveglaciallakeoutburst floods.
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The smallglaciallakewas enlarged by a dam on the moraine already in the 16th century.
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Augmented temperatures and seasonal variability could cause a backdrop of glaciers and increasing danger fromglaciallakeoutburst floods.
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Glaciallakevolumes vary, but may hold millions to hundreds of millions of cubic metres of water.
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With its area of 2.8 hectares, it is the second biggestglaciallakein the whole range.
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The clay-rich and pebble-poor till implies that existence of aglaciallakeon the margin of the ice.
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Winnipesaukee is aglaciallakebut an unusual one, since the last glaciation actually reversed the flow of its waters.
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