1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Moulin

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See also Moulin (geomorphology) and Giant's kettle on Wikipedia; and our 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica disclaimer.

​MOULIN (Fr. moulin, a mill), in physical geography, the name given to the swirling cascades which are formed by glacier streams pouring into crevasses, and result in the formation of giant’s kettles.

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