moraine
noun
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
morainal
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a word derived from
moraine.
Example Sentences
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Madison, the Wisconsin capital, stands on a morainal isthmus between two glacial lakes, which are not small.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 14, 2015
When a long-ball hitter hit a long ball, it would land on Bedford Avenue and bounce down the morainal front to roll toward Coney on the outwash plain.
From Time Magazine Archive
Along the borders where melting was in progress there was presumably more or less spottedness due to morainal material or glacial débris brought to the surface by ice shearage and wastage.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington
These occur not only high up amid the bare peaks where their basins were excavated by the flowing ice, but also in the lower valleys where the ancient ice-streams built morainal dams.
From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell
It consists of a jumbled mass of morainal hills, seemingly of boulder clay, that rise from 50 to 60 feet above the level of the ponds.
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
