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Outburst flood — In geomorphology, an outburst flood, which is a type of megaflood, is a high magnitude, low frequency catastrophic flood involving the sudden release of water.[1][2] During the last deglaciation, numerous glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) were… … Wikipedia
Glacial lake outburst flood — A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) can occur when a lake contained by a glacier (called Jökulhlaup if it was a subglacial lake, marginal lake drainage if it was dammed between ice and the ground) or a terminal moraine dam fails. This can happen … Wikipedia
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 … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
flood — 1. noun /flʌd/ a) A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water. b) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with. See… … Wiktionary
Flood (Young Ones episode) — Flood was the sixth episode of British sitcom The Young Ones . It was written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer, and directed by Paul Jackson. It was first aired on BBC2 on 14 December 1982 and was the final episode of the first… … Wikipedia
outburst — noun a wild outburst of applause Syn: eruption, explosion, burst, outbreak, flare up, access, rush, flood, storm, outpouring, surge, upsurge, outflowing … Thesaurus of popular words
outburst — Synonyms and related words: access, attack, belch, blaze, blaze of temper, blowout, blowup, blurt, burst, cascade, convulsion, cyclone, debouchment, deflagration, discharge, disgorgement, dissiliency, ecphonesis, effluence, efflux, effusion,… … Moby Thesaurus
outburst — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. eruption, explosion, blowup; outpouring, flood, breakthrough; paroxysm, spasm, upheaval; uproar. See violence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. discharge, upheaval, eruption; see disturbance 2 , outbreak 1 .… … English dictionary for students
Missoula Floods — Glacial Lake Columbia (west) and Glacial Lake Missoula (east) are shown south of Cordilleran Ice Sheet. The areas inundated in the Columbia and Missoula floods are shown in red … Wikipedia
Gandaki River — Coordinates: 25°39′9″N 85°11′4″E / 25.6525°N 85.18444°E / 25.6525; 85.18444 … Wikipedia
