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Trimline
A clear boundary line on the wall of a glacier valley that delineates the maximum recent thickness of a glacier. It may be a change in the colour of the bedrock, indicating the separation of weathered from unweathered bedrock; the limit of a former lateral moraine or other sediment deposit; or the boundary between vegetated and bare bedrock.
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- Category: Glaciers
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