What is the term for sediment deposited by a glacier?

What is the term for sediment deposited by a glacier?

  • Correct Answer: moraine
  • plateau
  • holocene
  • crater

Explanation: Moraine is sediment deposited by a glacier. A ground moraine is a thick layer of sediments left behind by a retreating glacier. An end moraine is a low ridge of sediments deposited at the end of the glacier. It marks the greatest distance the glacier advanced.

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