terminal moraine

nounGeology.

Origin of terminal moraine

First recorded in 1855–60

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Its terminal moraine—low and wide, dotted with lupine and horsetail—blocks warm seawater from melting the ice from below, McNeil explains.
When Climate Change Came for My Favorite Glacier | smurguia | July 30, 2021 | Outside Online
A terminal moraine, a mile and a half in depth, separates it from the sea.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska | Charles Warren Stoddard
The evidence for this is found in the presence of a continuous, terminal moraine, at or just in advance of the present ice-front.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
The terminal moraine is a chaos of mounds, pebbles, and boulders, with patches of snow on the shady side.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2) | Sven Hedin
To these combined glaciers the formation of the terminal moraine of Thun must be ascribed.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 76, February, 1864 | Various

The ship continued to descend toward a great forest near a terminal moraine.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald Jenkins

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