A broad accumulation of stratified drift deposited adjacent to the downstream edge of an end moraine is a(n) ________.
A) kame terrace
B) esker
C) outwash plain
D) ground moraine

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An outwash plain is a broad accumulation of stratified drift deposited adjacent to the downstream edge of an end moraine. Option A, kame terrace, is a ridge of stratified sand and gravel deposited by a subglacial stream, not associated with an end moraine. Option B, esker, is a narrow, winding ridge of stratified sands and gravels formed by the deposition of sediment in subglacial tunnels, also not associated with an end moraine. Option D, ground moraine, is a complex blanket of till deposited directly by glacial ice and not associated with the downstream edge of an end moraine.

A Broad Accumulation of Stratified Drift Deposited Adjacent to the Downstream