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outwash plain [′au̇t‚wäsh ‚plān]

(geology)

A broad, outspread flat or gently sloping alluvial deposit of outwash in front of or beyond the terminal moraine of a glacier. Also known as apron; frontal apron; frontal plain; marginal plain; morainal apron; morainal plain; outwash apron; overwash plain; sandur; wash plain.

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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 An Anomalous Silt Cap on the Outer Port Huron Outwash Plain near Buckley, Michigan--Could it be Loess? Geological Sciences by Zawiskie, John / Michigan Academician landform measurement 1 60 Outwash plain Topographic map 2 58 Coastal carp Instrumental measure 3 60 Coastal carp N. Water-level changes and palaeogeography of proglacial lakes in ... by Rosentau, Alar; Hang, Tiit; Kalm, Volli / Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences			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 Ovanes Gevorkovich Zarifian Ovanes Imastaser Ovanes Shiraz Ovanes Tadevosovich Tumanian Ovanes Tatevosovich Shiraz			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 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 Outwell outwent outwent Outwhore Outwin Outwind outwindow

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