Medial moraine

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Term: Medial moraine
Definition: A sediment ridge, located on a glacier's exposed ice surface, away from its valley walls, extending down glacier to the terminus. It forms by the joining of two lateral moraines when two glaciers merge.
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Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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