Outburst flood
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In geomorphology, an outburst flood, which is a type of megaflood, is a high-magnitude, low-frequency catastrophic flood involving the sudden release of water. During the last deglaciation, numerous glacial lake outburst floods were caused by the collapse of either ice sheets or glaciers that formed the dams of proglacial lakes. Examples of older outburst floods are known from the geological past of the Earth and inferred from geomorphological evidence on Mars. Landslides, lahars, and volcanic dams can also block rivers and create lakes, which trigger such floods when the rock or earthen barrier collapses or is eroded. Lakes also form behind glacial moraines, which can collapse and create outburst floods.
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See also
- Altai flood
- Dam failure
- Flood myth
- Glacial lake outburst flood
- Jökulhlaup
- Lake Atna, formerly of Alaska
- Lake Corcoran, formerly of California
- Missoula Floods (Pleistocene megaflood)
- Outflow channels
- Zanclean flood
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