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Proglacial lake of Pasterze |
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The lake shown in this image occupies the forefield of the Pasterze, one of Austria's largest glaciers. It evolved during the 2010s due to massive recession of the glacier tongue. The right side of the Pasterze is, to some extent, protected from thawing by its debris cover.
- Location
- View on OpenStreetMap
- Created
- on Sunday 5 July 2020 by Martin Mergili
- Keywords
- fluvial erosion, fluvial processes, geodiversity, glacial lake, glacial processes, lake, mountainscape
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- 4631 visits, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license