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Lower Lateral Moraines

lower lateral moraines

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Lower Lateral Moraines: Multiple narrow ridges up to 5 meters high are situated
on, and parallel the lower margins of a glaciated valley. They represent glacial
debris piled up at the edges of moving ice. They are covered with a veneer of
fine sediment.

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