Glacier lake outburst flood
Flooding due to the outburst of a glacier lake. A glacier lake outburst flood occurs when a lake – dammed by a glacier or a terminal moraine – fails. The outburst can be triggered by erosion, a critical water pressure, a mass movement, an earthquake or cry seism. A is a special type of a glacier lake outburst flood related to the outburst of an ice-dammed lake during a volcanic eruption.