page_title: Glacial lake
hierarchical_section_title: Glacial lake
caption_attribution_description: English: Tasman Glacier and Tasman Lake, New Zealand Deutsch: Tasman-Gletscher mit Tasmansee, Neuseeland
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: Tasman Lake, a terminal lake formed within the last 30 years
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