moraine

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Apart from a moraine collapsing, an avalanche or an unusual amount of rainfall can destabilize a lake.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The cemetery rests, as well, on heights formed by the Ice Age terminal moraine, while the bedrock schist she imprinted dates even deeper in geological time.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021

The end of the glacial moraine is at mile 3, but the trail continues for another half-mile before deteriorating.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2021

In valley glaciers, moraine also includes material falling on the sides of the glacier by mass wasting from the valley walls.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

At 21,300 feet, Camp Two consisted of some 120 tents scattered across the bare rocks of the lateral moraine along the glacier’s edge.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer