overflow channel
overflow channel(spillway) A channel cut by meltwater escaping from a proglacial lake. Generally it is trough-shaped in form, lacks tributaries, and is not integrated with the local drainage pattern. It is often difficult to distinguish from other varieties of glacial drainage channel.
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