8 Outwash plain (320 - 360 m.a.s.l.)

Meltwater from the glacier carries large quantities of cobbles, gravel, sand, silt and clay. The coarsest material - cobbles, gravel and some of the sand - is deposited immediately in front of the glacier as an outwash plain. The biggest outwash plain in Steindalen is located in front of an end moraine from the ‘Little Ice Age’ (see next locality). The glacier front remained at this position for a long time while the outwash plain was built up, probably over hundreds of years.

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