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Glacial Lake Missoula
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Lake Missoula was a prehistoric proglacial lake in western Montana that existed periodically at the end of the last ice age between 15,000 and 13,000 years ago. The lake measured about 3,000 square mi
Wave-cut strandlines cut into the slope at left in photo. These cuts record former high-water lines, or shorelines. Gullies above the highway are the
Wave-cut strandlines cut into the slope at left in photo. These cuts record former high-water lines, or shorelines. Gullies above the highway are the result of modern-day erosion. (NPS Photo)
Sediment deposited by the lake with a hammer for scale.
Sediment deposited by the lake with a hammer for scale.
Missoula, Montana
Missoula, Montana
Glacial lake outburst flood
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A glacial lake outburst flood is a type of outburst flood caused by the failure of a dam containing a glacial lake. An event similar to a GLOF, where a body of water contained by a glacier melts or ov
Glacial Lake Missoula
…was the largest ice-dammed lake known to have occurred. The periodic rupturing of the ice dam resulted in the Missoula Floods – a series of cataclysmic glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) that swept periodically across the area that would become Eastern Washington, northern Idaho and northern Oregon, and down the Columbia River Gorge…
Hubbard Glacier, Alaska, squeezes towards Gibert Point on 20 May 2002. The glacier is close to sealing off Russell Fjord (top) from Disenchantment Bay
Hubbard Glacier, Alaska, squeezes towards Gibert Point on 20 May 2002. The glacier is close to sealing off Russell Fjord (top) from Disenchantment Bay (below).
In this Hubbard Glacier image from 16 July 2002, the glacier has closed off Russell Fjord from Disenchantment Bay. The waters behind the glacier rose
In this Hubbard Glacier image from 16 July 2002, the glacier has closed off Russell Fjord from Disenchantment Bay. The waters behind the glacier rose 61 feet (19 m) in 10 weeks, creating a short lived Russell Lake.
The Hubbard Glacier is overwhelmed on 14 August 2002 in the second largest GLOF in historical times.
The Hubbard Glacier is overwhelmed on 14 August 2002 in the second largest GLOF in historical times.
Tsho Rolpa Glacier Lake is one of the biggest glacial lakes in Nepal. The lake, which is located at an altitude of 4,580 metres (15,030 ft) in the Rol
Tsho Rolpa Glacier Lake is one of the biggest glacial lakes in Nepal. The lake, which is located at an altitude of 4,580 metres (15,030 ft) in the Rolwaling Valley, Dolakha District, has grown considerably over the last 50 years due to glacial melting in the Himalayas.