medial moraine

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noun

a ridge of glacial drift formed by the junction of two converging valley glaciers.

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How to use medial moraine in a sentence

A short distance above the glacier's terminus the medial moraine and the ever-broadening marginal bands come together.
Mount Rainier|Various
The glacier of the Aar represented in the wood-cut below affords a striking example of a large medial moraine.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864|Various
When two glaciers unite, their inside lateral moraines join and form a medial moraine.
Mount Rainier|Various
A medial moraine cannot be formed in this way, since no rock fragments can fall so far out from the sides.
The Elements of Geology|William Harmon Norton

When two glaciers flow together, one marginal moraine from each will coalesce to form a medial moraine.
Geology|William J. Miller

Scientific definitions for medial moraine

medial moraine

[ mē′dē-əl ]

See under moraine.