What Is a Pluvial Lake

question 9

Multiple Choice

What is a pluvial lake?

• A)A lake that forms on the margins of glaciers from glacial meltwater
• B)A lake that fills in an arid/semiarid region due to increased precipitation in a cooler, wetter climate
• C)A lake forming from a stagnant piece of melting glacial ice caught between two recessional moraines
• D)A subterranean lake forming in a sinkhole

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