Terminal moraines
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Deutsch: Eine Endmoräne oder Stirnmoräne ist eine wallartige Aufschüttung (Moräne) von Gesteinsmaterial am Ende eines Gletschers. Eine Endmoräne kennzeichnet die Linie des maximalen Gletschervorstoßes oder eines Gletscherstillstandes.
English: A Terminal moraine, also called end moraine, is a moraine that forms at the snout of a glacier, marking its maximum advance.
Français : Moraines frontales
Íslenska: Endagarður er bogadreginn hryggur. Hann myndast fyrir framan skriðjökul, þvert á skriðstefnu hans.
Italiano: Una morena terminale, anche detta morena finale, è una morena che si forma alla fine del ghiacciaio chiamata fronte (snout) e segna il massimo avanzamento del ghiacciaio.
Nederlands: Een Eindmoränes is een stuwwal (morene) die zich vormt aan het eind van een gletsjer. Ze markeren de maximale uitloop van de gletsjer.
Norsk bokmål: Endemorener
Norsk nynorsk: Endemorenar
Português: Morenes terminales
Svenska: Ändmoräner
Diagrams of terminal moraines
[edit]Inactive terminal moraines
[edit]Some terminal moraines built up by ice age glaciers are still to be seen as landforms in formerly glaciated regions.
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In Brandenburg, Germany
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Ice age glaciation and its remnants around the Great Lakes, USA
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In Finland
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In the Netherlands
Active terminal moraines
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Hohe Tauern, Austria
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Terminal moraine in front of a rock glacier-like glacier terminus, Georgia
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At a outlet glacier, Scoresby Sound, Greenland
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Salmon Glacier, Alaska
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Sörkapp Land, Svalbard
Recessional moraines
[edit]Recessional moraines are terminal moraines indicating the former position of a receding glacier's terminus.
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At least two lines of moraines at the receding Skaftafellsjökull, Iceland
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The same glacier terminus from another viewpoint
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Still older moraines at Skaftafellsjökull
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At Matanuska Glacier, Alaska
See also:Moraine, Lateral moraines