page_title: Glacial lake
hierarchical_section_title: Glacial lake
caption_attribution_description: English: Jökulsárlón, a glacial lake in Iceland. To the right, the mouth of the glacier Vatnajökull. Français&#160;: Le Jökulsárlón, un lac glaciaire du sud de l'Islande. A la droite, l'une des langues descendant du glacier Vatnajökull.
context_page_description: A glacial lake is a lake that is made as a glacier melts. The glacier erodes the land, and then as it melts, water fills the hole or space that has been created.
context_section_description: A glacial lake is a lake that is made as a glacier melts. The glacier erodes the land, and then as it melts, water fills the hole or space that has been created.
caption: Jökulsárlón, a glacial lake in Iceland. To the right, the mouth of the glacier Vatnajökull.
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