moraine

• A terminal moraine, a mile and a half in depth, separates it from the sea. —  Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska
• To understand this, however, I must first explain what a moraine is. —  Rollo in Switzerland
• She coveted the male diamond belonging to the same part of the moraine--once named the Spider, alias the Imp--but Captain Wopper had dug up that one for himself and would not part with it. —  Rivers of Ice
• We've been having things altogether too easy ever since we landed at Cordova Just listen a moment," Frank said, "I guess there's something going to happen, right now There came a long, low rumbling sound, apparently moving from east to west, followed by a tipping of the moraine which almost brought the horses to their knees It would never answer," Tommy grumbled, "for us to make a trip to Alaska without bunting into a glacier ready to smash up things That's not a glacial slide!" —  The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier
• Well, if we can find a place where the moraine was heavily wooded, we'll find a bridge of tree trunks across any water there may be at the bottom! —  The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier

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