glacial lake outburst flood

English

Etymology

glacial lake +‎ outburst flood

Noun

glacial lake outburst flood (plural glacial lake outburst floods)

1. The rapid draining of a lake created by a dam of glacial ice, wherein the lake water undermines the glacier plugging the outlet, leading to a flood.

Synonyms

• GLOF (abbreviation)

Hypernyms

• outburst flood
• flood

Derived terms

• GLOF (abbreviation)