<span>Terminal moraine is a crescent-shaped ridge of till extending across a glacial valley. They mark the absolute terminus of the glacier. The glacial snout has gone no further than the mark of terminal moraine.
Environmental impacts of mining can occur at local, regional, and global scales through direct and indirect mining practices. Impacts can result in erosion, sinkholes, loss of biodiversity, or the contamination of soil, groundwater, and surface water by the chemicals emitted from mining processes.
