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Record 1 2011-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Glaciology
DEF

A lake formed beyond the limits of a glacier, in front of a glacier terminus.

CONT

glacial lake: A lake formed by glacier meltwater, located either at the front of a glacier (known as a proglacial lake), on the surface of a glacier (supraglacial lake), within the glacier (englacial lake) or at the glacier bed (subglacial lake).

OBS

ice-margin lake : term used at Natural Resources Canada-Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • ice marginal lake
  • ice margin lake

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Glaciologie
CONT

lac glaciaire : Lac formé par les eaux de fonte d'un glacier, situé à l'avant du front (lac proglaciaire), à la surface (lac supraglaciaire), à l'intérieur (lac intraglaciaire) ou au-dessous (lac sous-glaciaire) du glacier en question.

OBS

lac proglaciaire : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Glaciología
DEF

[Lago] formado por las aguas de fusión en el frente de los glaciares.

CONT

[Un] lago proglaciar [es un] lago que se forma en las tierras descubiertas por el hielo del inlandsis que retrocede.

OBS

[Es el caso de] la mayor­ía de los lagos alpinos.

OBS

lago proglacial: No se debe confundir glacial (que está en zonas frías) con glaciar (relativo a una masa de hielo acumulada en las zonas de las cordilleras por encima del límite de las nieves perpetuas). Lamentablemente, las fuentes en Internet no reflejan esta diferencia y utilizan equívocamente "glacial".

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