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Meanings of
moraine
in English
Russian
морена
Portuguese
morena
Catalan
morrena
Spanish
morrena
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Glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris.
moraines
Russian
морена
Synonyms
Examples for "
moraines
"
moraines
Examples for "
moraines
"
1
All the rock contours show this, and so do the medial
moraines
.
2
These three
moraines
occur on the western slope of the bay.
3
There are no
moraines
on the surface of the glacier either.
4
Such transverse or crescent-shaped
moraines
are everywhere the work of glaciers.
5
The first rains fell on raw, crumbling
moraines
and rocks without a plant.
Usage of
moraine
in English
1
Through their glasses they could sweep the glacier to its terminal
moraine
.
2
The frozen deposits in my terminal
moraine
would furnish me with the means.
3
Further Imass now came dragging themselves free of the heaped
moraine
.
4
A line of
moraine
ran from the rocks away in an east-north-east direction.
5
Looking up to the task to accomplish in Chopicalqui
moraine
camp.
6
The Mountaineers building trail on the lateral
moraine
of Carbon Glacier.
7
The
moraine
has been spilling gravel around it, and got it all dirty.
8
Buckley, and decided to steer for the
moraine
under the mountain.
9
Luck brought me down to the terminal
moraine
without a fall.
10
Then they led the horses to the top of the
moraine
.
11
The ship continued to descend toward a great forest near a terminal
moraine
.
12
They proved to be rocks, six in number, forming a
moraine
.
13
Here, on the great median
moraine
,
stood a huge boulder of micaceous schist.
14
Snow-fields stretched down from the pass into the valleys of
moraine
.
15
The terminal
moraine
is jumbled, and it took awhile to navigate.
16
The shadows of the
moraine
lay reflected in the unruffled surface of the Bay.
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About this term
moraine
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
terminal moraine
glacial moraine
great moraine
lateral moraine
medial moraine
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Translations for
moraine
Russian
морена
Portuguese
morena
Catalan
morrena
Spanish
morrena
Moraine
through the time
Moraine
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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