terminal moraine

noun

, Geology.

1. a moraine marking the farthest advance of a glacier or ice sheet.

terminal moraine

1. See under moraine

Word History and Origins

Origin of terminal moraine¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Its terminal moraine—low and wide, dotted with lupine and horsetail—blocks warm seawater from melting the ice from below, McNeil explains.

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A terminal moraine, a mile and a half in depth, separates it from the sea.

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The evidence for this is found in the presence of a continuous, terminal moraine, at or just in advance of the present ice-front.

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The terminal moraine is a chaos of mounds, pebbles, and boulders, with patches of snow on the shady side.

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To these combined glaciers the formation of the terminal moraine of Thun must be ascribed.

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The ship continued to descend toward a great forest near a terminal moraine.

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