Miage lake

Miage lake is a so-called juxtaglacial lake because it is in direct contact with the Miage glacier that occupies the right side of the image.

This lake is dammed by the moraine ridges deposited by the glacier during the Little Ice Age (for the most recent ones). Depending on the level of the lake (which drains subglacially periodically), various ponds - also dammed by moraine ridges - are individualized. The color difference between these basins arise from density of glacial sediments suspended in the water column.

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