moraine

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When part of its moraine slid into the lake a little after 10 p.m. on the night of Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Consulting geologists cautioned that surrounding valleys were composed of porous glacial moraine unsuitable for water containment.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024

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

Material carried by the glacier is called moraine, which is an accumulation of glacial till produced by the grinding and erosive effects of a glacier.

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