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Meaning of glacial lake | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

glacial lake outburst flood glacial maximum glacial milk glacial period glacial polish glacial till

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