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LATERAL MORAINE [1 record]

Record 1 2004-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A low ridgelike moraine carried on, or deposited at or near, the side margin of a mountain glacier. It is composed chiefly of rock fragments loosened from the valley walls by glacial abrasion and plucking, or fallen onto the ice from the bordering slopes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Accumulation de débris rocheux tombés des versants montagneux sur la surface, ou aux abords, d'un glacier de vallée, et entraînés sous forme de moraine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Glaciología
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
DEF

Morrena formada a ambos lados de la lengua glaciar, que ocupa la parte inferior de las laderas del valle por donde se desplaza.

CONT

Todos los materiales que caen en el glaciar o son arrancados por éste se acumulan en los bordes de su lengua, formando en ella sendos cordones que constituyen las morrenas laterales.

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