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  2. Moraine - Wikipedia

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    The snow-free debris hills around the lagoon are lateral and terminal moraines of a valley glacier in Manang, Nepal.. A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice sheet.

  3. Glacial landform - Wikipedia

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    Moraine: Built up mound of glacial till along a spot on the glacier. Feature can be terminal (at the end of a glacier, showing how far the glacier extended), lateral (along the sides of a glacier), or medial (formed by the merger of lateral moraines from contributory glaciers). Types: Pulju, Rogen, Sevetti, terminal, Veiki

  4. Fluvioglacial landform - Wikipedia

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    Lateral Moraine: moraine in upper Engadin left by retreating glacier Lateral moraines are ridges of sediment deposited alongside the glacier running parallel to the long axis of the glacier. These sediments are typically deposited on top of the ice ( supraglacial till) at the margin of the glacier and as such do not experience the same amount ...

  5. Glacier - Wikipedia

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    Lateral moraines are formed on the sides of the glacier. Medial moraines are formed when two different glaciers merge and the lateral moraines of each coalesce to form a moraine in the middle of the combined glacier. Less apparent are ground moraines, also called glacial drift, which often blankets the surface

  6. Glacial series - Wikipedia

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    A lateral moraine that is no longer being actively added to with glacial material because the glacier has retreated for climatic reasons, is known as a flank moraine. In the Alps the remaining flank moraines were usually formed during the Little Ice Age in medieval times.

  7. Glaciology - Wikipedia

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    Lateral moraine on a glacier joining the Gorner Glacier, Zermatt, Swiss Alps. The moraine is the high bank of debris in the top left hand quarter of the image. Glaciologist Erin Pettit in Antarctica, 2016. Glaciology (from Latin glacies 'frost, ice' and Ancient Greek λόγος 'subject matter'; lit.

  8. Terminal moraine - Wikipedia

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    Terminal moraine of Wordie Glacier, Greenland Map of the Salpausselkä terminal moraines in Southern Finland. A terminal moraine, also called an end moraine, is a type of moraine that forms at the terminal (edge) of a glacier, marking its maximum advance. At this point, debris that has accumulated by plucking and abrasion, has been pushed by ...

  9. Glaciokarst - Wikipedia

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    While in the lower regions of the Velež Mountain, formed significant moraine ridges, lateral moraines, breach-lobe moraines, and smaller recessional moraines, varying in composition and heights. [3] The absence of valley discharge and the presence of indicators of glacial erosion hint at a pattern of vertical drainage of sub-glacial waters ...