moraine

Example Sentences

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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

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

We set up our Base Camp at 17,800 feet on the lateral moraine that formed the outer edge of the turn.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer