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Glacier Lake Outburst Floods in Reshun Valley of Pakistan Fact or Fantasy by Hamid Ahmad Mir / August 17th, 2013 Glacier outburst floods may be broadly defined as the sudden release of water stored either within a glacier or dammed by a glacier (Fountain and Walder, 1998). Outburst floods have been reported in all glaciated regions of the world and may be triggered by: The sudden drainage of an ice-dammed lake below or through an ice dam; Lake water overflow and rapid fluvial incision of ice, bedrock or sediment barriers; or The growth and collapse of subsurface reservoirs (Benn and Evans, 1998 dissidentvoice.org/2013/08/glacier-lake-outburst-floods-in-reshun-valley-of-pakistan/
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