A ridge or mound of rock debris deposited directly by a glacier along its margins, at its snout, or beneath its base, marking the extent the ice once reached. A terminal moraine records a glacier's farthest advance, while lateral and ground moraines record its flanks and the debris left as it retreated.
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A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice sheet.
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