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Altai flood and Proglacial lake

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Difference between Altai flood and Proglacial lake

Altai flood vs. Proglacial lake

The Altai flood refers to the cataclysmic flood(s) that according to some geomorphologists swept along the Katun River in the Altai Republic at the end of the last ice age. In geology, a proglacial lake is a lake formed either by the damming action of a moraine during the retreat of a melting glacier, a glacial ice dam, or by meltwater trapped against an ice sheet due to isostatic depression of the crust around the ice.

Similarities between Altai flood and Proglacial lake

Altai flood and Proglacial lake have 3 things in common (in Unionpedia): Glacial lake outburst flood, Ice age, Missoula Floods.

Glacial lake outburst flood

A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) is a type of outburst flood that occurs when the dam containing a glacial lake fails.

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Ice age

An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.

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Missoula Floods

The Missoula Floods (also known as the Spokane Floods or the Bretz Floods) refer to the cataclysmic floods that swept periodically across eastern Washington and down the Columbia River Gorge at the end of the last ice age.

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Altai flood and Proglacial lake Comparison

Altai flood has 18 relations, while Proglacial lake has 53. As they have in common 3, the Jaccard index is 4.23% = 3 / (18 + 53).

References

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