moraine

Noun

Meaning

An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

glacial till hill ridge ash glacier upland chine cinder ruck brunette pole till debris drift deposition
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Antonyms

base basis whole headland middle core
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Hypernyms

earth ground

Phrases with the word

pushed moraine lateral moraine end moraine border moraine glacial moraine ground moraine

Anagrams

romaine

Examples

After a glacier retreats, the end moraine may be destroyed by postglacial erosion. Source: Internet

A website profile on Hay’s alma mater, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, said he grew up in the small Wisconsin city of Antigo and later worked in the Kettle Moraine School District, among other places. Source: Internet

End moraine size and shape are determined by whether the glacier is advancing, receding or at equilibrium. Source: Internet

Drammensfjorden is cut almost in two by the Svelvik "ridge", a sandy moraine that the during the ice cover was under sea level but after the post-glacial rebound reaches 60 meters above the fjord. Source: Internet

In Search of Ancient New Zealand, p. 139. unstrip Aoraki / Mount Cook as seen from the end of the Hooker Valley trail, with the Hooker Glacier's moraine lake in the foreground. Source: Internet

Medial moraine A medial moraine is a ridge of moraine that runs down the center of a valley floor. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

moraic Morain morainal morainic moral moral absolutism