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Jökulhlaup

A glacier outburst flood resulting from the failure of a glacier-ice-dam, glacier-sediment-dam, or from the melting of glacier ice by a volcanic eruption (Icelandic).

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  • Industry/Domain: Water bodies
  • Category: Glaciers
  • Government Agency: USGS
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