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glacial lake outburst flood

glacial lake outburst flood noun: 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.

Noun

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:
    GLOF

Synonyms of glacial lake outburst flood

Forms of glacial lake outburst flood

pluralglacial lake outburst floods

Origin of glacial lake outburst flood

From glacial lake + outburst flood.

Words formed from glacial lake outburst flood

Questions about glacial lake outburst flood

What does glacial lake outburst flood mean?
Glacial lake outburst flood means 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.
What part of speech is glacial lake outburst flood?
Glacial lake outburst flood is a noun.
What is the plural of glacial lake outburst flood?
The plural of glacial lake outburst flood is glacial lake outburst floods.

Words near glacial lake outburst flood in the dictionary

  1. glacial erratic
  2. glacial erratics
  3. glacial flour
  4. glacial humour
  5. glacial lake
  6. glacial lake outburst flood
  7. glacial lake outburst floods
  8. glacial lakes
  9. glacial maximum
  10. glacial milk
  11. glacial milks

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