moraine
Example Sentences
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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
The end moraine that represents the farthest advance of the glacier is a terminal moraine.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
All that one could see and feel and hear—of Icefall, moraine, avalanche, cold—was of a world not intended for human habitation.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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