Explain Glacier Outburst Flood
Glacier Outburst Flood Technical Terms
Glacier Outburst Flood: A sudden, often annual, release of meltwater from a glacier or glacier-damned lake sometimes resulting in a catastrophic flood, formed by melting of a drainage channel or buoyant lifting of ice by water or by subglacial volcanic activity; also called jokuhlaup. Compare – scabland, giant ripple. GG