: an accumulation of earth and stones carried and finally deposited by a glacier
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Throughout the course, climbers can see the 2,303-foot-high Triumvirate Glacier, with all its moraines and otherworldly blue crevasses, as well as the Tordrillo Mountains, which include Mount Spurr, an active volcano that last erupted in 1992.
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AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 2025
Soils are primarily glacial moraines of limestone, sand, and gravel.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Glacial outburst floods are also possible if water overwhelms natural dams created by moraines, the rock and debris left behind as a glacier moves or retreats.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
Many of these expanding lakes are held in place by precarious ice dams or rock moraines deposited by the glacier over centuries.
—Suzanne Oconnell, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2025
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AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 2025
Soils are primarily glacial moraines of limestone, sand, and gravel.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Glacial outburst floods are also possible if water overwhelms natural dams created by moraines, the rock and debris left behind as a glacier moves or retreats.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
Many of these expanding lakes are held in place by precarious ice dams or rock moraines deposited by the glacier over centuries.
—Suzanne Oconnell, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for moraine
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“Moraine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moraine. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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moraine
noun
mo·raine
mə-ˈrān 
: a pile of earth and stones carried and deposited by a glacier
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