lateral moraine

American  

noun

Geology.

1. a moraine formed at the side of a glacier.

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lateral moraine Scientific  

1. See under moraine

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Example Sentences

The route climbed up and down the unsettled rocks of the Khumbu Glacier’s lateral moraine for several miles, then dropped down onto the glacier itself.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

At 21,300 feet, Camp Two consisted of some 120 tents scattered across the bare rocks of the lateral moraine along the glacier’s edge.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

We set up our Base Camp at 17,800 feet on the lateral moraine that formed the outer edge of the turn.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

We deviated to the right, and, having crossed some ice-ravines, reached the lateral moraine of the glacier, and picked our way between it and the adjacent mountain-wall.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John

The step between the two is made by an east-facing rocky slope, the outline of which has been softened by a lateral moraine separated from the plateau edge by a small ravine.

From Drainage Modifications and Glaciation in the Danbury Region Connecticut State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 30 by Sawyer-Harvey, Ruth