moraine
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A lateral moraine, a ridge of material left along the side of a glacier, outlines the mouth.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
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
A pool at the east edge of the moraine at the glacier’s bottom-fed Thielsen Creek and formed a miniature ecosystem.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 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
Twenty stone monuments stood in a somber row along the crest of the glacier’s terminal moraine, overlooking the mist-filled valley: memorials to climbers who had died on Everest, most of them Sherpa.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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