outwash
the material, chiefly sand or gravel, deposited by meltwater streams in front of a glacier.
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outwash plains are sometimes pitted by bowl-shaped basins where ice blocks were left buried in the sand by the retreating glacier.
The Elements of Geology | William Harmon NortonThis outwash plain was a veritable paradise of bloom in the days before the advent of the plow.
Baraboo, Dells, and Devil's Lake Region | H. E. ColeThus arose the type of stratified drift variously known as overwash plains, outwash plains, morainic plains, and morainic aprons.
The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin | Rollin D. SalisburyGood examples of overwash or outwash plains may be seen at various points in the vicinity of Baraboo.
The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin | Rollin D. SalisburyA good example of an outwash plain occurs southwest of Baraboo, flanking the moraine on the west (Fig. 41).
The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin | Rollin D. Salisbury
British Dictionary definitions for outwash
/ (ˈaʊtˌwɒʃ) /
a mass of gravel, sand, etc, carried and deposited by the water derived from melting glaciers
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