Geography & Geology
Moraine Lake
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A lake dammed by a glacial moraine, typically strikingly turquoise due to glacial flour suspended in the water. Moraine lakes can fail suddenly if the moraine dam erodes, creating glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs).