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Explain Roche Moutonnée

Roche Moutonnée Explained!

Roche Moutonnée Technical Terms

Roche Moutonnée: A small elongate protruding knob or hillock of bedrock, so sculptured by a large glacier as to have its long axis oriented in the direction of ice movement, an upstream (stoss or scour) side that is gently inclined, smoothly rounded, and striated, and a downstream (lee or pluck) side that is steep and rough. It is usually a few meters in height, length, and breadth. GG



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