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of areas which were covered by ice during periods of glaciation, and their adjacent drainage basins.

Types

There are two basic types of fluvial terraces, fill terraces and strath terraces. Fill terraces sometimes are further subdivided into nested fill terraces and cut terraces. Both fill and strath terraces are, at times, described as being either paired or unpaired terraces based upon the relative elevations of the surface of these terraces.

;Fill terraces:

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