medial moraine

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medial moraine (plural medial moraines)

  1. (geology) A moraine formed where lateral moraines of two glaciers meet.
    • 1972, Calvin J. Heusser, “Polsters of the moss Drepanocladus berggrenii on Gilkey Glacier, Alaska”, in Torreya[1], volume 99, number 1, pages 34–36:
      Piles of rock debris in the background represent nearby medial moraine.