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Lateral moraine

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-015439

A ridge-like moraine carried on (and deposited at) the side margin of a valley glacier. It is composed chiefly of rock fragments derived from valley walls by either glacial abrasion and plucking or colluvial accumulation from adjacent slopes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-015439
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-015439",
  "term": "Lateral moraine",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Lateral Moraine",
  "definition": "A ridge-like moraine carried on (and deposited at) the side margin of a valley glacier. It is composed chiefly of rock fragments derived from valley walls by either glacial abrasion and plucking or colluvial accumulation from adjacent slopes.",
  "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/lateral-moraine/"
}

Record 15,042 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.