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... > Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS > GLACIAL LAKE EXTENT

PREFERRED TERM

GLACIAL LAKE EXTENT  

DEFINITION

  • A glacial lake is a body of water with origins from glacier activity. They are formed when a glacier erodes the land, and then melts, filling the depression created by the glacier.

BROADER CONCEPT

ENTRY TERMS

  • GLACIAL LAKES

CHANGE NOTE

  • 2020-07-02 17:20:46.0 [sritz] Insert Concept add broader relation (GLACIAL LAKE EXTENT [c0fba127-5208-4e8c-b18f-349dc14fb3d3,560518] - GLACIERS [68eed887-8008-4352-b420-949457ab59ab,553301]);
  • 2020-07-02 17:22:05.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null category: null text: GLACIAL LAKES language code: en); insert Definition (id: null text: A glacial lake is a body of water with origins from glacier activity. They are formed when a glacier erodes the land, and then melts, filling the depression created by the glacier. language code: en);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/c0fba127-5208-4e8c-b18f-349dc14fb3d3

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