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Ice-core moraines
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| English name | Ice-core moraines |
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| EUNIS habitat type code | H4.32 | Level | 4 |
| Edition | EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions. | ||
Description ( English )
Fairly large ridges or mounds of morainic material containing buried ice, originating from till deposited on former glacier ice or from morainic material deposited on a snow bank, adjacent to the ice front.
Source
Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C. [edited ETC/BD] (2001)
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Relationships with other classifications
| Classification | Code | Title | Relation type |
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| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | H4.32 | Ice-core moraines | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | H4.32 | Ice-core moraines | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | H4.32 | Ice-core moraines | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 63.22 | Ice-core moraines | source |
| CORINE Land Cover | 3.3.5. | Glaciers and perpetual snow | n/a |
| H | Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats |
Ancestor
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| H4 | Snow or ice-dominated habitats |
Ancestor
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| H4.3 | Rock glaciers and unvegetated ice-dominated moraines | Parent |
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