moraine

[ UK /məɹˈe‍ɪn/ ]
[ US /mɝˈeɪn/ ]
NOUN
  1. accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier
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  • Neither do I think moraines of this kind would be formed by a glacier emerging from a steep narrow canyon and running out on a level plain; for in such cases, as soon as the confinement of the bounding walls is removed, the ice stream spreads out into an _ice lake_. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Town
  • Yan (state) moraine (I) Trunk Road and Johnston (grinding) on (Temple) Road crossing.
  • Irregular till plains, end moraines, kettles, and drumlins are common, and wetlands are found throughout the region, especially along end morainal ridges. Ecoregions of Wisconsin (EPA)
  • Gardens fill the bottom of Torment Basin, ringed by moraines, scoured rock, and living ice.
  • Southren rata (Metrosideros umbellata) and kamahi (Weinmannia racemosa) grow on younger moraine surfaces that have retained some nutrients in the soil cover. Westland temperate forests
  • We now steered for the Muir Glacier and arrived at the front on the east side the evening of the third, and camped on the end of the moraine, where there was a small stream. Travels in Alaska
  • Surface material deposits from glaciers and icefields form moraines which are colonized by lichens and mosses, horsetail Equisetum sp., willows Salix spp., fire weed Epilobium sp., and mountain avens Dryas drummondii. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, United States
  • These are moraines - glacial deposits of sand and boulders - marking the western limit of glacial ice in the Stewart River Valley some 14,000 years ago, during the most recent ice age.
  • That Joe Simpson hello Joe if you're reading was able to drag himself through the moraine is a tale of human endurance. Touching Duh Void
  • A substantial recessional moraine accumulated at the junction of the three tributary glaciers at this position.
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