preglacial
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of preglacial
Example Sentences
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It is likely that in preglacial times the part of the valley north of Grassy Plain, if not the entire valley, drained northward into Still River, as now do Umpog Creek and Beaver Brook.
From Drainage Modifications and Glaciation in the Danbury Region Connecticut State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 30 by Sawyer-Harvey, Ruth
This fact seems to be sufficient to prove the theory of a higher elevation of the North American continent in preglacial times.
From Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. by Gray, Elisha
When the dam was removed or cut to its base, the lake disappeared and drainage followed its preglacial course.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.
In preglacial times the watershed of the Mississippi and of the great rivers east of the Alleghany Mountains, the Susquehanna and Hudson, extended probably farther north than it does to-day.
From Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. by Gray, Elisha
More commonly it filled preglacial valleys at certain points only.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.
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