A terminal moraine, also called end moraine, is a type of moraine that forms at the snout (edge) of a glacier, marking its maximum advance. At this point, debris that has accumulated by plucking and abrasion, has been pushed by the front edge of the ice, is driven no further and instead is deposited in a heap.
Moraine
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An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and
deposited by a glacier.
Moraine meaning & definition 1 of Moraine.
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A mass of rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by a glacier, typically as ridges at its edges or extremity.
Moraine meaning & definition 2 of Moraine.
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a large mass of rocks and dirt that is carried along with a glacier (= large mass of ice) and is left behind when the glacier melts
Moraine meaning & definition 3 of Moraine.
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