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  • Glacial Lakes: Types and Formation Explained | [Your Brand/Website Name]
    Lakes formed through glacial erosion are called glacial lakes.

    Here's a breakdown of the different types:

    * Tarn: A small, deep lake formed in a cirque (a bowl-shaped depression at the head of a valley) by glacial erosion.

    * Kettle lake: A lake formed in a kettle (a depression left by a block of glacial ice that melted).

    * Paternoster lakes: A chain of lakes formed by a retreating glacier that erodes a series of depressions in the bedrock.

    * Moraine-dammed lake: A lake formed when a glacier deposits a moraine (a ridge of rock and sediment) that dams a valley.

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