outwash plain

American  

noun

1. Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.

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Etymology

Origin of outwash plain

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Morgan were busy in New York planning a 200-mile railroad to the mine from the Gulf of Alaska, Barrett staked a homestead across the glacier’s flat outwash plain.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2022

For beginners like us, the draw of this particular ride is that the route along the southern shore of Long Island, a glacial outwash plain, is not only scenic but also mostly flat.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

In Sauk Prairie, however, its characteristics are those of an outwash plain, rather than those of a valley train.

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