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Deposit of sand and gravel carried by running water from the melting ice of a glacier and laid down in stratified deposits. An outwash may be as much as 330 ft (100 m) thick at the edge of a glacier, and it may extend for many miles. Outwashes are the largest glacial deposits and provide a considerable source of windblown material.

outwash [′au̇t‚wäsh]

(geology)

Sand and gravel transported away from a glacier by streams of meltwater and either deposited as a floodplain along a preexisting valley bottom or broadcast over a preexisting plain in a form similar to an alluvial fan. Also known as glacial outwash; outwash drift; overwash.

Soil material washed down a hillside by rainwater and deposited on more gently sloping land.

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No references found			The researcher says that nearby Fountain Glacier seems more stable, but the outwash plain below it, a zone always coated in a thick layer of ice, even throughout the summer, was completely dry in the summer of 2008. Shrinking glaciers in North America tell story of climate change by Asian News International Valleys show little catenary (U-shaped) sculpturing and mountain spurs are not facetted; however, many of the valley bottoms are filled with till and outwash. Great Mining Camps of Canada 3. The History and Geology of the ... by Brown, Atholl Sutherland; Ash, Chris H. / Geoscience Canada Sediments are mainly composed of till, outwash and patchy thin loess. Seasonal changes in stream water quality along an agricultural/urban ... by Vidon, P.; Tedesco, L.P.; Pascual, D.L.; Campbell, M.A.; Casey, L.R.; Wilson, J.; Gray, M. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science			outside extension outside facing outside finish outside fix outside foundation line outside glazing outside gouge outside lining outside plant outside strake outside string outside studding plate outside the box outside thread outside trim outside-air intake outside-in testing outsider Outsiders outsourcing outstanding leg outstation outward outward bound Outward Bound USA outwash outwash apron outwash cone outwash drift outwash fan outwash plain outwash terrace outwash train outwindow ouvarovite Ouwe, Hartmann von Ouyang Xiu ouzel ouzo Oval oval of Cassini oval window ovalbumin Ovaloid Ovambo Ovanes Abelian Ovanes Abgarovich Adamian Ovanes Adamian Ovanes Artemevich Abelian Ovanes Draskhanakertsi Ovanes Erznkatsi			outward look outward perception Outward Radial Outward Remittance Telegraphic Transfer Outward Routing outward show Outward Spiral Theatre Company Outward stroke outward sweep Outward Wide Area Telephone Service outward(s) outward-bound outward-bound outward-developing outward-looking outward-moving outwardly Outwardly Directed Hydroxide Outwardly Rectifying Chloride Channel outwardly rectifying current outwardly rectifying current outwardly rectifying current outwardly rectifying current outwardly seem outwardness outwardness outwardness outwards outwards outwards outwash outwash apron outwash cone outwash drift Outwash fan Outwash fans Outwash plain outwash terrace outwash train Outwatch outwatched outwatches outwatching OUTWATS Outway outwear outwear outwearing outwears Outweary Outweed Outweep outweigh outweigh outweighed outweighed outweighing outweighing outweighs outweighs

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