Outwash Plain

Outwash Plain

An outwash plain, or sandur (plural: sandurs or sandar), is a plain formed of glacial sediments deposited by meltwater outwash at the terminus of a glacier.

Read more about Outwash Plain:  Formation, The Prototype Sandur

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