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End Moraines vs Terminal Moraines
[edit]end moraines and terminal moraines differ.......someone might want to research this —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Badandy753 (talk • contribs) 5:40 6 Aug 2007 UTC.
- I may agree; an editor (did not look up who) seems to have made a hint to this: «A terminal moraine, also called end moraine, is a moraine that forms at the snout of a glacier, marking its maximum advance. An end moraine, in contrast, is at the present boundary of the glacier.»; but I suppose the article may clarify the question. You see, in Moraine there's made no distinction at all — as if it is the same. Josh, linguist (talk) 11:14, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
- This is also a contradictory phrasing. «A terminal moraine, also called end moraine, is...an end moraine, in contrast, is...
The statement needs to be cleaned up whether or not a distinction exists.Colorsbleeding (talk) 03:17, 11 April 2013 (UTC) Yes, very confusing wording. Millberlin (talk) 19:20, 7 August 2013 (UTC)