jökulhlaup.

A sudden flood released from a glacial water source, often a lake held beneath or behind ice.

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Words that belong together

• glacial jökulhlaup
• jökulhlaup deposit

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A jökulhlaup had stripped the valley of its bridges.

The team found a jökulhlaup deposit above the present river.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular jökulhlaup; plural jökulhlaups. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.