preglacial
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of preglacial
Example Sentences
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The preglacial course of Rocky River was between the outcrops at these two localities.
From Drainage Modifications and Glaciation in the Danbury Region Connecticut State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 30 by Ruth Sawyer-Harvey
Profiles of present and preglacial Rocky River 19 4.
From Drainage Modifications and Glaciation in the Danbury Region Connecticut State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 30 by Ruth Sawyer-Harvey
Where the stream follows its old course, it flows through a wide capacious valley, but where it was displaced, it found a new course on the broad flat which bordered its preglacial course.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood
The drainage on the drift surface was established with reference to the topography which obtained when the ice departed, and not with reference to the preglacial valleys.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood
The preglacial course of Rocky River, as above outlined, is subject to possible modification in one minor feature, namely, the point where the east and west forks joined.
From Drainage Modifications and Glaciation in the Danbury Region Connecticut State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 30 by Ruth Sawyer-Harvey
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