driftless area
Americannoun
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“The driftless area, I’d never been before,” Waller said.
From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2018
A comparison of otherwise similar counties lying within and without the driftless area shows an astonishing contrast.
From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Huntington, Ellsworth
In the glaciated area 61 per cent of the land is improved and in the driftless area only 43.5 per cent.
From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Huntington, Ellsworth
In Ohio, for instance, there is also a driftless area.
From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Huntington, Ellsworth
The "driftless area" includes, besides the southwestern portion of Wisconsin, the adjoining corners of Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.
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