moraine
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- noun
- /məˈrān/
- Specialized
:
morrena
- As the glacier melted, the debris formed a long moraine stretching across the landscape.
- terminal moraine
Examples
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At the base and sides of the source glaciers, the streams flow along the moraine and through or around the calved ice.
Academic text (1999) -
The meeting of glacier and moraine was a curious juncture.
Fiction book (1991) -
In time, the alleged ruin proved to be an Ice Age moraine.
Academic text (2003) -
Ahead of them, Ann sees a moraine of stones.
Fiction book (1995) -
Alex walked the edge of the moraine until he was above the glacier's side.
Fiction book (1991) -
Then up the moraine and down into the narrow abandoned streets of West Allston.
Fiction book (1991) -
Cecile holds out her hand to Ann, and together they cross the moraine.
Fiction book (1995) -
The Beardmore Glacier is below us, an immense fan of ice and moraine sloping out from the mountains.
Fiction book (1998) -
Next, the river carves its way among glacial moraines and drumlins.
Academic text (2006) -
Fortunately, they'd recently entered a flatter terrain of moraines and alluvial wash.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
A ridge of rocks and dirt that lies on top of a glacier
A layer of rocks left on glacier ice when the ice melts
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word moraine comes from a French mountain word morena that meant 'pile' or 'heap' of stones. So a moraine is the pile or ridge of earth and stones left by a glacier.