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  2. Moraine-dammed lake - Wikipedia

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    Lake Tekapo, New Zealand. A moraine-dammed lake, occurs when the terminal moraine has prevented some meltwater from leaving the valley. When a glacier retreats, there is a space left over between the retreating glacier and the piece that stayed intact which holds leftover debris . Meltwater from both glaciers seep into this space creating a ...

  3. Lough Gowna - Wikipedia

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    It is located on the border between County Longford and County Cavan, with the largest part of the lake being in County Longford. Lough Gowna is a moraine-dammed lake formed at the end of the last glaciation, and owes its complex indented shape to the underlying drumlin landscape. This results in a large number of bays and inlets on the lake ...

  4. Moraine - Wikipedia

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    Moraine-dammed lake – Type of lake formed by glaciation; Terminal moraine – Type of moraine that forms at the terminal of a glacier; Rogen moraine – Landform of ridges deposited by a glacier or ice sheet transverse to ice flow; Kame; Moraine examples. Dogger Bank – Large sandbank in the North Sea; Kettle Moraine – Large moraine in ...

  5. Proglacial lake - Wikipedia

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    Lake Algonquin is an example of a proglacial lake that existed in east-central North America at the time of the last ice age. Parts of the former lake are now Lake Huron, Georgian Bay, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and inland portions of northern Michigan. [1] Examples in Great Britain include Lake Lapworth, Lake Harrison and Lake Pickering.

  6. Gurudongmar Lake - Wikipedia

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    The lake is fed by the Gurudongmar glacier and is a moraine-dammed lake. [6] It is located to the north of the Kanchendzonga range, in a high plateau area connected with the Tibetan Plateau. It provides one of the source streams which joins the Tso Lahmu and then form the source of the Teesta River. The lake remains completely frozen in the ...

  7. Glacial lake outburst flood - Wikipedia

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    A glacial lake outburst flood is a type of outburst flood occurring when water dammed by a glacier or a moraine is released. A water body that is dammed by the front of a glacier is called a marginal lake, and a water body that is capped by the glacier is called a sub-glacial lake. When a marginal lake bursts, it may also be called a marginal ...

  8. Farris - Wikipedia

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    That moraine is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) wide, separating the lake from the sea. There is a short river that runs through the moraine which drains the lake into the fjord. The lake Farris is a drinking water reservoir for about 170,000 people in the region. [2] The largest island in the lake is Bjørnøya, located just east of the village of ...

  9. Chorabari Lake - Wikipedia

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    Below the glacier, water had been accumulating, dammed back by the moraine, and formed a lake some 250 m (820 ft) long and 150 m (492 ft) wide. Its depth was 15 to 20 m (49 to 66 ft), depending on the time of year. [2] The water in the lake mostly accumulated from rainfall and melting snow in its catchment area.