driftless area

American  

noun

1. a tract of land that was once surrounded but never covered by a continental glacier, consequently having no glacial deposits.

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driftless area

“The driftless area, I’d never been before,” Waller said.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 21, 2018

Various suggestions have been made in the attempt to explain the driftless area.

From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood

Thus the driftless area is in strong contrast with the immature drift topography about it, where lakes and waterfalls are common.

From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton

South of the driftless area the Mississippi valley was invaded at different times by ice sheets from the west,—the Kansan and the Iowan,—and again by the Illinoian ice sheet from the east.

From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton

Drainage.—The surface of the driftless area is well drained.

From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood