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• Glacial Lake Ojibway — was a prehistoric lake in what is now Northern Ontario. Ojibway was the last of the great proglacial lakes of the last ice age. Comparable in size to Lake Agassiz (to which it was probably linked), and north of the Great Lakes, it was at its… …   Wikipedia

• Glacial lake outburst flood — A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) can occur when a lake contained by a glacier (called Jökulhlaup if it was a subglacial lake, marginal lake drainage if it was dammed between ice and the ground) or a terminal moraine dam fails. This can happen …   Wikipedia

• Glacial Lake Missoula — Wave cut strandlines cut into the slope at left in photo. These cuts record former high water lines, or shorelines. Gullies above the highway are the result of modern day erosion. (NPS Photo) …   Wikipedia

• Glacial motion — is the motion of glaciers, which can be likened to rivers of ice. It has played an important role in sculpting many landscapes. Most lakes in the world occupy basins scoured out by glaciers. Glacial motion can be fast (up to 30 m/day, observed on …   Wikipedia

• Lake breakout — is a geological term that refers to the collapse of a (usually high altitude) lake. High altitude lakes tend to form in volcanic craters ndash; where they are called crater lakes ndash; or in valleys dammed as the result of earthquakes or glacial …   Wikipedia

• Outburst flood — In geomorphology, an outburst flood, which is a type of megaflood, is a high magnitude, low frequency catastrophic flood involving the sudden release of water.[1][2] During the last deglaciation, numerous glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) were… …   Wikipedia

• Glacial landform — Antique postcard shows rocks scarred by glacial erosion. Yosemite Valley …   Wikipedia

• Lake Komi — was a prehistoric periglacial lake formed in the region of the present day Russian Komi Republic when the Barents Sea outlet of the Pechora River was blocked by ice during the Weichselian Glaciation. [Mangeruda, J. et al (2004). Ice dammed lakes… …   Wikipedia

• Last glacial period — Last glacial redirects here. For the period of maximum glacier extent during this time, see Last Glacial Maximum. The last glacial period was the most recent glacial period within the current ice age occurring during the last years of the… …   Wikipedia

• Abyss Lake (Alaska) — Infobox lake lake name = Abyss Lake image lake = caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Southeastern Alaska coords = coord|58|51|N| 136|62|W|region:US type:waterbody|display=inline,title type = inflow = Brady Glacier… …   Wikipedia

• Missoula Floods — Glacial Lake Columbia (west) and Glacial Lake Missoula (east) are shown south of Cordilleran Ice Sheet. The areas inundated in the Columbia and Missoula floods are shown in red …   Wikipedia