extramorainic

adjective

ex·​tra·​morainic

variants or less commonly extramorainal

¦⸗⸗+

: situated outside the area occupied by a glacier and its lateral and terminal moraines

extramorainic deposits

Word History

Etymology

extra- + morainic, morainal

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