glacial lake

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounglacial lake (plural glacial lakes)

plural glacial lakes

  1. 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.
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APA

glacial lake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glacial%20lake

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“glacial lake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glacial%20lake. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glacial lake,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glacial%20lake.

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