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    Moraine Lake is a snow and glacially fed lake in Banff National Park, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) outside the village of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. It is...
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    A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly...
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    A moraine-dammed lake, occurs when the terminal moraine has prevented some meltwater from leaving the valley. When a glacier retreats, there is a space...
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    Canadian Pacific Railway. Moraine Lake and Lake Agnes are also accessible from Lake Louise. Several hiking trails exist around the lake. Hiking trails include...
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    A terminal moraine, also called an end moraine, is a type of moraine that forms at the terminal (edge) of a glacier, marking its maximum advance. At this...
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    The Valparaiso Moraine is a recessional moraine (a land form left by receding glaciers) that forms an immense U around the southern Lake Michigan basin...
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    Kettle Interlobate Moraine. The moraine was created when the Green Bay Lobe of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, on the west, collided with the Lake Michigan Lobe...
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    this moraine dam, it began to cut a channel through it. Most moraine dammed lakes drain quickly because water cuts entirely through the moraine. Flathead...
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    (730 sq mi) between Caledon and Rice Lake, near Peterborough. One of the most significant landforms in southern Ontario, the moraine gets its name from the rolling...
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  • Lake Moraine (also known as Madison Reservoir) is a mesotrophic lake located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northeast of Hamilton, New York. The lake is 261 acres...
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    notable peaks and also includes Moraine Lake. The valley can be reached by following the Moraine Lake road near Lake Louise. The ten peaks were originally...
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    kettle lake on the Oak Ridges Moraine. Lake Wilcox, Lake St. George and their associated wetlands form a "provincially significant wetland". The lake is named...
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  • is in both English and French. The view of Moraine Lake in Banff National Park from the top of the moraine rockpile is one of the most photographed locations...
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    modern Lake Michigan, ca 13,000 years ago. The edge of the retreating glacier formed moraines, the Park Moraine in present-day Illinois and the Lake Borders...
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    the moraine. This moraine forms the northern border of Devil's Lake. This moraine is approximately 80 feet (24 m) thick. The Southeast Glacial Moraine is...
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    The Lake Border Moraine (also called the Lake Border Morainic System) is a complex group of moraines bordering the southern end of Lake Michigan. It can...
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  • Moraine Lake is located in North Cascades National Park, in the U. S. state of Washington. Moraine Lake is in a remote section of the park and well off...
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    Northwest Indiana (category Lake County, Indiana)
    of Northwest Indiana include the Valparaiso Moraine, Tinley Moraine, Lake Border Moraine, Iroquois Moraine, Calumet Shoreline, Glenwood Shoreline, Tolleston...
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  • The Buffalo Lake Moraine, alternately, the McGregor Moraine, was left, in Alberta, by the retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, North America's last glaciation...
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    may be seen at Lake Pukaki and Lake Tekapo in New Zealand, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, Emerald Lake, and Peyto Lake in Canada, Gjende lake in Norway, and...
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    Pakistan Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada USA Lake Titicaca, Peru/Bolivia Lake Van, Turkey Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada Naltar Lake, Pakistan Paristan Lake, Pakistan...
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    (or corrie loch) is a mountain lake, pond or pool, formed in a cirque (or "corrie") excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn...
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  • Moraine is rock debris transported by glaciers. Moraine may also refer to: Moraine, Ohio, USA Moraine Cone, in British Columbia, Canada Moraine Lake, in...
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    Chicago Portage (category Great Lakes)
    until it overflowed the southwestern edge of the Valparaiso Moraine, which encircles the lake's southern half, creating the Chicago Outlet River. This was...
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    The Kettle Moraine State Forest is a state forest in southeastern Wisconsin. The chief feature of the reserve is the Kettle Moraine, a highly glaciated...
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    the community. The lake marks the location where the Harbor Hill Moraine and the Ronkonkoma Moraine meet one another. West of Lake Success, the younger...
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    South Lhonak Lake is a glacial-moraine-dammed lake, located in Sikkim's far northwestern region. It is one of the fastest expanding lakes in the Sikkim...
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    In geology, a proglacial lake is a lake formed either by the damming action of a moraine during the retreat of a melting glacier, a glacial ice dam, or...
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  • Withrow Moraine and Jameson Lake Drumlin Field – Washington Lüneburg Heath – Germany Rogen moraine – Sweden, Norway Lake Rogen – Sweden Pulju moraine – Finland...
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    alpine. Conversely, Lake Louise located in the Rocky Mountains was formed from glacial debris damming meltwater (i.e., a moraine lake) from the Victoria...
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