Glossary:Moraine

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[edit] Moraine

Landform produced by an accumulation of glacial drift. Terminal moraines form at the ends of glaciers and recessional moraines form a series of low ridges deposited as the glacier recedes; lateral moraines form along the edge of the glacier and medial moraines in the centre where two glaciers have met.

Related Words: Drift


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