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lateral moraine

American  

noun

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


lateral moraine Scientific  
  1. See under moraine


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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

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

Agassiz examined with especial care one colossal lateral moraine, standing about two miles below the present terminus of the ice and five hundred feet above the sea-level.

From Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence by Agassiz, Louis

I found one with the lateral moraine quite perfect, which Dr. Buckland did not see.

From Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence by Agassiz, Louis

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