- outwash terrace
- A flat-topped bank of outwash with an abrupt outer face (scarp or riser) extending along a valley downstream from an outwash plain or terminal moraine; a valley train deposit.SW
Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.
Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.
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