glacial drift

noun

An accumulation of glacial till that has been transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs.

Meanings

nounglacial drift (countable and uncountable, plural glacial drifts)

plural glacial drifts

  1. countableuncountablegeographyAn accumulation of glacial till that has been transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs.
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