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| Glacial
moraine deposits are left behind after a glacier melts away. Moraine
deposits are made up of all of the rocks, sediments,
boulders, and other debris
that is picked up or pushed ahead by the glacier as it advances
and melts. There are different kinds of moraine left behind by melting
glaciers. |
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| Ground
moraine is left behind when a glacier melts and drops it out of the
ice. |
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Lateral moraine is left at the sides of a glacier as it moves across
valley walls. This moraine forms ridges along the sides of the glacier. |
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| Ablation
moraine is made up of boulders and other materials taken off of the
side of a moutain as the glacier scrapes it. |
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Medial
moraine forms in the middle of a glacier where two latteral moraine
forms come together.
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| Push
moraine is made up of debris from the ground that is gouged
out and pushed ahead of an advancing glacier. |
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