Outwash

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Sediment deposited by streams flowing away from a melting glacier.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The sediment (mostly sand and gravel) deposited by water flowing from a melting glacier
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To wash out; cleanse from.
  • n. The act of washing out; that which is washed out.
  • Of or pertaining to outwash; specifically, noting the side of a glacial moraine that is away from the ice.
    • Word Usage
    "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."
     
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