Till that forms behind a terminal moraine as the glacier retreats and is generally spread widely across the ground surface is called a(n)
A)lateral moraine.
B)drumlin swarm.
C)till plain.
D)outwash plain.

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Till that forms behind a terminal moraine as the glacier retreats and is spread widely across the ground surface is called a till plain. Lateral moraines are ridges of sediment that form along the sides of a glacier, drumlin swarms are clusters of streamlined hills that form under a glacier, and outwash plains are generally flat areas of sand and gravel deposited by meltwater streams flowing away from a glacier.

Till That Forms Behind a Terminal Moraine as the Glacier