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Glossary

The English version of our glossary is currently under construction and will be regularly updated.

Glacial lake

A lake formed by the meltwater from a glacier.

A lake formed by the meltwater from a glacier, which is located before the glacier (proglacial lake), on the glacier’s surface (supraglacial lake), within the glacier (englacial lake) or below it (subglacial lake).

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