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单词 lateral moraine
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lateral moraine
lateral moraine n. Geology a moraine deposit along the side of a glacier (cf. terminal moraine n. at terminal adj. and n. Compounds 1).
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1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 239/2 The glacier progressively slipping down upon the inclined bottom of the valley, recedes from the sides, carrying part of the lateral moraine along with and upon it.
1952 J. A. Steers et al. Lake's Physical Geogr. (ed. 3) iii. x. 349 When two glaciers meet, a lateral moraine of one glacier unites with a lateral moraine of the other forming a medial moraine.
2003 R. MacFarlane Mountains of Mind (2004) viii. 246 He soon realizes that progress is best to be made away from this weird scape of icy stalactites, up on the lateral moraines of the glaciers.
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