terminal moraine

noun Geology.

a moraine marking the farthest advance of a glacier or ice sheet.

Origin of terminal moraine

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby terminal moraine

terminal infection, terminal juncture, terminal leave, terminal line, terminal market, terminal moraine, terminal nerve, terminal nucleus, terminal platform, terminal stria, terminal sulcus

Scientific definitions for terminal moraine

terminal moraine

See under moraine.