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Upper Lateral Moraines

Upper Lateral Moraines



Upper Lateral Moraines: Narrow cobble and boulder ridges 5 m high are
situated on, and parallel, the upper margins of glaciated valleys. They represent
glacial debris piled up at the edges moving ice.

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