Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Apr 16, 2003 10:04
21 yrs ago
French term
France
TRADUIRE C'EST COMMUNIQUER
Native in: French 
, English
Works in: English to French, French to English, French
lac glaciaire
Non-PRO
French to English
Other
Tourism & Travel
Tourism
lac glaciaire
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +7 | glacial lake |
Kvasir
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| 4 +3 | glacial lake |
ntouzet (X)
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| 5 +2 | glacial lake |
Thomaso
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| 5 | tarn / glacial lake |
Sheila Hardie
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Proposed translations
+7
2 mins
Selected
glacial lake
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Comment: "Thanks to all"
+3
3 mins
glacial lake
The glacial lake, at its maximum height and extent, contained more than 500 cubic miles of water. When Glacial Lake Missoula burst through the ice dam and exploded downstream, it did so at a rate 10 times the combined flow of all the rivers of the world.
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Glaciers/IceSheets/descri...
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Glaciers/IceSheets/descri...
Peer comment(s):
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Thomaso
0 min
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thanks
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| agree |
writeaway
10 mins
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thanks
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Joanne Panteleon
1 hr
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+2
3 mins
glacial lake
14 mins
Sheila Hardie
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Works in field
Spain
passion des mots
Native in: English 
Works in: Catalan to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
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tarn / glacial lake
HTH
Sheila
U-shaped valley
* Hanging valley - u-shaped valley cut by a tributary valley glacier feeding a larger valley glacier
* Cirque - inclined bowl-shaped basin
* Tarn - glacial lake in a cirque
* Arête - sharp-edged ridge; intersection of two cirques
* Horn - intersection of three or more cirques
* Fjord (Fiord) - glacially deepened valley flooded by the sea; as deep as 1200 m
Sheila
U-shaped valley
* Hanging valley - u-shaped valley cut by a tributary valley glacier feeding a larger valley glacier
* Cirque - inclined bowl-shaped basin
* Tarn - glacial lake in a cirque
* Arête - sharp-edged ridge; intersection of two cirques
* Horn - intersection of three or more cirques
* Fjord (Fiord) - glacially deepened valley flooded by the sea; as deep as 1200 m
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