Medial Moraine

medial moraine

[′mē·dē·əl mə′rān] (geology) An elongate moraine carried in or upon the middle of a glacier and parallel to its sides. A moraine formed by glacial abrasion of a rocky protuberance near the middle of a glacier.

Medial Moraine

 

surface moraine forming a ridge along the axis of a glacier. It is formed from the merger of lateral moraines.