lateral moraine

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noun Geology.

a moraine formed at the side of a glacier.

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Words nearby lateral moraine

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How to use lateral moraine in a sentence

The right lateral moraine is well defined, and is still partially covered with snow.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2)|Sven Hedin
At our right was the glacier of the Roththal, along the lateral moraine of which our route lay.
Hours of Exercise in the Alps|John Tyndall
The glacier becoming impracticable through crevasses, we retreated to its eastern shore, and got along the lateral moraine.
Hours of Exercise in the Alps|John Tyndall
This, however, was quite exceptional, and may be the lateral moraine of a local glacier.
A Report on Washington Territory|William Henry Ruffner

Abundant fragments of both the oxide and the sulphide ores are mined from the lateral moraine of a nearby glacier.
The Economic Aspect of Geology|C. K. Leith

Scientific definitions for lateral moraine

lateral moraine

See under moraine.