Outwash

Word OUTWASH
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What do we mean by outwash?

Sediment deposited by streams flowing away from a melting glacier. noun

To wash out; cleanse from.

The act of washing out; that which is washed out. noun

Of or pertaining to outwash; specifically, noting the side of a glacial moraine that is away from the ice.

The sediment (mostly sand and gravel) deposited by water flowing from a melting glacier noun

The sediment (mostly sand and gravel) deposited by water flowing from a melting glacier

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The word "outwash" in example sentences

I don't even want to think about what the soils conditions are at the Duwamish River (aka Green River, aka White River) where outwash from the Green River Valley, and hence Mount Rainier's ancient mudflows, has deposited itself in an ancient alluvial fan in Elliot Bay -- constrained by the West Seattle highlands on the west and the ridge that separates the Sound from Lake Washington. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I knew them from where some of them breed on the vast glacial outwash plains in Iceland where I led several of Brathay Exploration Group's annual expeditions. ❋ Ray Collier (2010)

Their map of Brooklyn in 2409 shows farms exactly where they used to be in the outwash plain, that incomprable southern slope -- with the borough's population living at Manhattan-like densities. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She struggled to standing in the lull of the outwash and I saw blood on her hand. ❋ Peter Heller (2010)

Towns lying near glacial outwash streams are particularly vulnerable to such catastrophic flooding. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Soils are silty and loamy, with sandy loamy till commonly underlain by a substratum of acid sand and gravel glacial outwash. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is composed of scattered small remnants of early-Wisconsin glacial outwash deposits, similar to those of Macon Ridge (73j). ❋ Unknown (2009)

The region also contains extensive ground and end moraines and pitted outwash with belts of hilly moraines. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Puget Sound Valley is a moderately dissected tableland covered by glacial till, glacial outwash, and lacustrine deposits. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Irregular plains and stagnation moraines, broad areas of hummocky topography, pitted glacial outwash, numerous kettle lakes, and abundant swamps and bogs characterize the Chequamegon Moraine and Outwash Plain (50e) ecoregion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Macon Ridge ecoregion is a prominent ridge that consists almost entirely of early-Wisconsin glacial outwash. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Upper Wolf River Stagnation Moraine (51e) ecoregion is characterized by the hummocky ground and end moraines and pitted outwash, in contrast to the level till plains of ecoregion 51f to the east and the irregular till plain of ecoregion 51b to the west. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Northern Pleistocene Valley Trains ecoregion is composed of scattered small remnants of late-Wisconsin glacial outwash deposits and terraces from the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Minnesota/Wisconsin Upland Till Plain (50b) is an undulating stagnation and ground moraine plain, with broad areas of hummocky, acid, loamy and sandy till and outwash. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Perkinstown End Moraine (50h) ecoregion is characterized by hilly to rolling collapsed moraines with outwash sand and gravel and Precambrian intrusive rocks. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Northern Highlands Lakes Country (50i) is distinguished from surrounding ecoregions by pitted outwash, extensive glacial lakes (many of which are shallow), and wetlands. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Irregular outwash plains and moraines, sandy and sandy-loam soils over outwash, sandy and loamy till, and peat deposits in depressions characterize the Wisconsin/Michigan Pine and Oak Barrens (50k) ecoregion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The terraces of the Western Lowlands Pleistocene Valley Trains ecoregion comprise a large expanse of early-Wisconsin glacial outwash deposits (older than 73b, 73c and 73l) reflecting braided stream depositional regimes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Brule and Paint Rivers Drumlins (50j) ecoregion has extensive eskers and drumlinized ground moraines, pitted and unpitted outwash, wetlands, large glacial lakes, and a lower density of lakes than in adjacent ecoregion 50i. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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