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Moraines

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Masses of rock which become detached from the hill-side and find lodgment on a glacier are so called, and are further described as lateral, medial, terminal, or ground moraines, according as they lie along its edges, its middle, are piled up in mounds at its end, or falling down crevasses, are ground against the rock underneath.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Moraines'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/m/moraines.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.

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