Noun
An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAfter a glacier retreats, the end moraine may be destroyed by postglacial erosion. Source: Internet
A website profile on Hay’s alma mater, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, said he grew up in the small Wisconsin city of Antigo and later worked in the Kettle Moraine School District, among other places. Source: Internet
End moraine size and shape are determined by whether the glacier is advancing, receding or at equilibrium. Source: Internet
Drammensfjorden is cut almost in two by the Svelvik "ridge", a sandy moraine that the during the ice cover was under sea level but after the post-glacial rebound reaches 60 meters above the fjord. Source: Internet
In Search of Ancient New Zealand, p. 139. unstrip Aoraki / Mount Cook as seen from the end of the Hooker Valley trail, with the Hooker Glacier's moraine lake in the foreground. Source: Internet
Medial moraine A medial moraine is a ridge of moraine that runs down the center of a valley floor. Source: Internet