morainic
- a word derived from moraine.
Example Sentences
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The massive landslide tumbles into a lake beneath the summit, breaking its natural morainic dam.
From Time Magazine Archive
The spot was separated from the mountain-side by a low morainic bank, rising twenty or thirty feet above sea-level.
From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir
The bands on this berg were particularly well defined; they were due to morainic action in the parent glacier.
From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir
Great beds of conglomerate occur at the bottom of the Carboniferous, in various parts of Scotland, which it is difficult to believe are other than ancient morainic débris.
From Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel by Donnelly, Ignatius
The morainic boulders visible from the camp at the depot were now obscured behind a point to the west of Depot Bay.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
