Paternoster LakesPaternoster lakes are just one of the many beautiful landforms left behind by glaci
Paternoster LakesPaternoster lakes are just one of the many beautiful landforms left behind by glaciers. Melt from alpine glaciers is often dammed by a series of terminal moraines (ridges of rocks and sediment left behind by a receding glacier). As water collects behind these moraines, it forms a string of pristine mountain lakes, which are often connected by a stream.How did these lakes get their name? Many think they resemble a string of rosary beads, and paternoster means “Our Father” in Latin. Similar lakes have peculiar names around the world–in the Pindus mountains of Greece, high-altitude glacial lakes are called “drakolimni” or “dragon lakes” since legend tells that they were the nesting sites of dragons.-CMPhoto credit: Mine -- source link
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