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
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
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 ● Oct. 14, 2021
Riding the crest of a moraine created by the receding Easton Glacier, Railroad Grade is aptly named.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2021
The route climbed up and down the unsettled rocks of the Khumbu Glacier’s lateral moraine for several miles, then dropped down onto the glacier itself.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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