Ground Moraine

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-012659",
  "term": "Ground Moraine",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "An extensive, low-relief area of till, that has an uneven or undulating surface and is commonly bounded on the distal end by a recessional or end moraine. Ground moraines usually consist of poorly sorted rock and mineral debris (till), which has been dragged along, in, on, or beneath a glacier, and then deposited by basal lodgment and release from downwasting stagnant ice by ablation.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/ground-moraine/"
}