As nouns the difference between moraine and alluvium
is that moraine is an accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier while alluvium is soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain.
moraine
Noun
(
en noun)
An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.
Derived terms
* ground moraine: Moraine found at the base of a glacier.
* lateral moraine: When eroded debris is carried along the glacier’s edge.
* terminal moraine: Rubble dropped at the foot of a melting glacier.
Anagrams
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alluvium
English
Noun
(
wikipedia alluvium)
(
en-noun)
soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
