moraine

Example Sentences

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By the time it crossed the lagoon, the wave from a large avalanche would loom 70 feet above the top of the moraine.

From Washington Post

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

Guides from the park lead groups of as many as 25 people through the glacial silt and mud at the glacier’s toe, over the rocky moraine and onto the white ice.

From Washington Post

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

From Seattle Times

The small island, measuring roughly 30 metres across and a peak of about three metres, consists of seabed mud as well as moraine - soil and rock left behind by moving glaciers.

From Reuters