A dark band of rock debris down the middle of a glacier from the union of two adjacent glaciers is a(n) ________.
A) kame
B) medial moraine
C) lateral moraine
D) terminal moraine
E) arete

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A medial moraine is formed by the merger of two glaciers, where the debris carried by each glacier merges together and forms a dark band down the middle of the new combined glacier. Kames are small mounds of sediment, lateral moraines are formed at the edges of glaciers, terminal moraines mark the furthest extent of the glacier's advance, and an arete is a narrow, sharp ridge between two cirques.

A Dark Band of Rock Debris Down the Middle of a Glacier