glacial drift
Americannoun
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She was found under twelve feet of glacial drift in Ottertail County, Minn.�first proof that man lived on this continent during glacial times.
From Time Magazine Archive
Much glacial drift obscures the older rocks on the east and north and in the vale of Clwyd.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
It thrives best on sandy soil and hills of glacial drift, and endures a severe winter climate, as well as the frequently long-continued droughts of the hot summers.
From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)
There are, besides, numerous mountain tarns of small size, most of them in hollows barred by the glacial drift which covers a great part of the district.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various
Dr. Wright—as we have before stated—has estimated that there are a million square miles of country that has been covered to an average depth of fifty feet with glacial drift.
From Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. by Gray, Elisha
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