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terminal moraine
noun
, Geology.
- a moraine marking the farthest advance of a glacier or ice sheet.
terminal moraine
- See under moraine
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Word History and Origins
Origin of terminal moraine1
First recorded in 1855–60
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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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