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Name several glaciers on which you identify medial and lateral moaines. Use a brown colored pencil or dark pen and color down the middles of at least three medial moraines

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Cairngorms glacier and Kaskawulsh glacier.

Step-by-step explanation:

Lateral moaine are located on Cairngorms glacier while medial moaine is located on Kaskawulsh glacier. Lateral moaine refers to parallel ridges of debris that is deposited along the sides of a glacier while on the other hand, medial moaine refers to a ridge of moraine that runs down the center of the floor of valley. It is produced when two glaciers meet with each other.

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