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End moraine

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-009460

A ridge-like accumulation that is being (or was) produced at the outer margin of an actively flowing glacier at any given time; a moraine that has been deposited at the outer or lower end of a valley glacier.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-009460
FieldEnvironment
SubjectNatural environments
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009460",
  "term": "End moraine",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "End Moraine",
  "definition": "A ridge-like accumulation that is being (or was) produced at the outer margin of an actively flowing glacier at any given time; a moraine that has been deposited at the outer or lower end of a valley glacier.",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/end-moraine/"
}

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