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Kame Moraine

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-015120

An end moraine that contains numerous kames, commonly comprising the slumped or erosional remnants of a formerly continuous outwash plain that built up over the foot of rapidly wasting or stagnant ice.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-015120
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Kame Moraine",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "An end moraine that contains numerous kames, commonly comprising the slumped or erosional remnants of a formerly continuous outwash plain that built up over the foot of rapidly wasting or stagnant ice.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/kame-moraine/"
}

Record 15,120 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.