Definitions
accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier
Word origin
From French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum. Compare morion.
Used in a sentence
“Moraines that originate along the lateral margins of an ice stream are naturally called lateral moraines. Many lateral moraines perch high on the walls of glaciated valleys.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Glacier debris ridge”7 letters
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