lateral moraine
a moraine formed at the side of a glacier.
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The right lateral moraine is well defined, and is still partially covered with snow.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2) | Sven HedinAt our right was the glacier of the Roththal, along the lateral moraine of which our route lay.
Hours of Exercise in the Alps | John TyndallThe glacier becoming impracticable through crevasses, we retreated to its eastern shore, and got along the lateral moraine.
Hours of Exercise in the Alps | John TyndallThis, however, was quite exceptional, and may be the lateral moraine of a local glacier.
A Report on Washington Territory | William Henry RuffnerAbundant fragments of both the oxide and the sulphide ores are mined from the lateral moraine of a nearby glacier.
The Economic Aspect of Geology | C. K. Leith
Scientific definitions for lateral moraine
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