Usually means: Sediments deposited by meltwater streams.
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▸ noun:  (geology) The sediment (mostly sand and gravel) deposited by water flowing from a melting glacier

Similar:
washout, washover, overwash, sandur, sandblow, cover sand, swash, blowout, eluvium, avalanche, more...

Phrases:
glacial outwash, Outwash plain, outwash fans, outwash fan, outwash apron, more...

Adjectives:
glacial, sandy, pitted, gravelly, alluvial, coarse, flat, glaciofluvial, proglacial, extensive, broad

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Similar:
washout, washover, overwash, sandur, sandblow, cover sand, swash, blowout, eluvium, avalanche, more...

Phrases:
glacial outwash, Outwash plain, outwash fans, outwash fan, outwash apron, more...

Adjectives:
glacial, sandy, pitted, gravelly, alluvial, coarse, flat, glaciofluvial, proglacial, extensive, broad



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