A.Word.A.Day--moraine

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Aug 10, 2010

This week's theme
Glacial landforms

This week's words
drumlin
moraine

Moraine at Mer de Glace in the Alps

Photo: Rob Simmon

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A.Word.A.Day

with Anu Garg

moraine

PRONUNCIATION:

(muh-RAYN)

MEANING:

noun: An accumulation of boulders, gravel, or other debris carried and deposited by a glacier.

ETYMOLOGY:

From French moraine, from Savoy dialect morena (mound).

USAGE:

"Professor Shulmeister's team believes a large landslide dumped a huge volume of rock on top of the glacier, causing it to advance and, when the advance stopped, the moraine was created."
Angela Gregory; Glacial Find Pours Cold Water on World Theory; The New Zealand Herald (Auckland); Jun 30, 2008.

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