Its most common shape is that of a long ribbon (ribbonlake).
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It is aribbonlakeformed in a glacial trough after the retreat of ice at the start of the current interglacial.
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Aribbonlakemay also occur if a tributary glacier joins a main glacier.
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Aribbonlakemay also form behind a terminal or recessional moraine, both of which also act as dams, enabling water to accumulate behind them.
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The mountains owe much of their present topography to the effects of the last ice age, which deepened the valleys and created corrie and ribbon lakes.
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Along what are generally coastal dunes at ocean's edge are ribbon lakes from which water discharges into the ocean either through seepage or channels which cut through the dunes.
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