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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. 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 ...

  4. Proglacial lake - Wikipedia

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    Tarn—a proglacial lake impounded by the terminal moraine of the retreating Schoolroom Glacier in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming In geology, a proglacial lake is a lake formed either by the damming action of a moraine during the retreat of a melting glacier , a glacial ice dam, or by meltwater trapped against an ice sheet due to isostatic ...

  5. Ivrea Morainic Amphitheatre - Wikipedia

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    Moraine-dammed lake: Lago di Campagna 0,1 4,1 238 Glacial lake: Lago Nero 0,1 1,3 299 Glacial lake: Lago di Alice 0,096 1,05 575 Glacial lake: Lago di Moncrivello: 0,03 0,3 263 Moraine-dammed lake: Lago San Michele 0,07 0,7 239 Glacial lake: Lago Pistono 0,12 2,8 280 Glacial lake: Lago di Meugliano 0,029 0,18 717 Moraine-dammed lake: Lago di ...

  6. Glacier - Wikipedia

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    The term moraine is of French origin. It was coined by peasants to describe alluvial embankments and rims found near the margins of glaciers in the French Alps. In modern geology, the term is used more broadly and is applied to a series of formations, all of which are composed of till. Moraines can also create moraine-dammed lakes.

  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. 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 ...

  9. Three Fingered Jack - Wikipedia

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    Before September 1960, there was a partial breach of this moraine-dammed lake that covered an area of 12,000 square metres (3.0 acres) near the moraine's base. [12] Since 1960, there have been at least three incidents in which moraine-dammed lakes on the volcano have caused floods down the slopes, [ 10 ] including a significant flood and debris ...