Found 4 hits - Term: moraine, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
moraine \moraine"\, n. f. cf. prov. g. mur stones broken off,
it. mora a heap of stones, hillock, g. m"urbe soft, broken
up, ohg. muruwi, as. mearu tender, gr. ? to cause to wither,
skr. ml=a to relax. geol.
an accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and
deposited by a glacier. --lyell.
1913 webster
note: if the moraine is at the extremity of the glacier it is
a terminal moraine; if at the side, a lateral moraine;
if parallel to the side on the central portion of the
glacier, a medial moraine. see illust. of glacier. in
the last case it is formed by the union of the lateral
moraines of the branches of the glacier. a ground
moraine is one beneath the mass of ice.
1913 webster
see also:
glacier
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
moraine
n : accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier
- [3] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
moraine, oh city, fips 52010
location: 39.70390 n, 84.22839 w
population 1990: 5989 2420 housing units
area: 17.8 sq km land, 0.7 sq km water
- [4] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
moraine, oh -- u.s. city in ohio
population 2000: 6897
housing units 2000: 3127
land area 2000: 9.070917 sq. miles 23.493566 sq. km
water area 2000: 0.272740 sq. miles 0.706393 sq. km
total area 2000: 9.343657 sq. miles 24.199959 sq. km
fips code: 52010
located within: ohio oh, fips 39
location: 39.695650 n, 84.227677 w
zip codes 1990:
note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
headwords:
moraine, oh
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