Landforms
Outwash Plain
Glaciers and Ice Sheets
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A broad, gently sloping apron of sand and gravel deposited beyond a glacier's margin by meltwater streams as they lose velocity and drop their sediment load upon leaving the confines of the ice. Outwash plains often grade seamlessly from a terminal moraine into flat, fertile lowland.
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