stoss
/stɑs/
adjective
- Relating to or facing the direction from which a glacier or wind flows.
- The stoss surface of the boulder showed clear scratches from glacial movement.
- The stoss orientation of the hill helped scientists map the ancient ice flow.
- In the valley, the stoss side of the ridge was steeper than the lee side.
noun
- The side of a hill, mountain, or glacial feature that faces the direction from which the ice or wind came.
- The stoss side of the rock was smooth and polished by the advancing glacier.
- Geologists studied the stoss face of the hill to understand past ice movement.
- Hikers noticed that the stoss slope had less vegetation because of the constant wind.
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