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Recessional moraine

Recessional moraine – these are similar to terminal moraine, however rather than being located at the furthest advance of the glacier they form where the glacier snout remained at the same point for sufficient time to accumulate a significant mound of debris as ice (and debris) flow continued to arrive here before melting. This then resides across the valley as the glacier retreats.

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