medial moraine en · NOUN
Meanings
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A moraine formed where lateral moraines of two glaciers meet.
Piles of rock debris in the background represent nearby medial moraine.
1972, Calvin J. Heusser, “Polsters of the moss Drepanocladus berggrenii on Gilkey Glacier, Alaska”, in Torreya, volume 99, number 1, pages 34–36:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| medial moraines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |