| 31. | Of the Arctic lakes they include glacial lakes and permafrost lakes.
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| 32. | Several glacial lakes are located at the base of the peak.
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| 33. | They date from the post Glacial Lake Nipissing period some 3000 years before present.
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| 34. | Glacial lakes forming as glaciers rapidly recede from the Himalayas.
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| 35. | Glacial Lake Russell was the first such large recessional lake.
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| 36. | This blocked the Clark Fork River creating Glacial Lake Missoula.
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| 37. | There are some twenty small glacial lakes in the park.
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| 38. | Its north-facing cwm houses the small glacial lake, Llyn Cyri.
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| 39. | This type of deposit is common in former glacial lakes.
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| 40. | Thus, ascending from the east, this long glacial lake appears as a sudden surprise.
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