A kettle is a depression left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits.
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Kettle holes are depressions left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits. These features are typically surrounded by mounds of sediment called kames. Kettle holes are common in areas that were once covered by glaciers during the last Ice Age.
The depressions left behind are called kettles. The raised areas are called moraines.
The depressions left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits are called kettle holes. They are circular or oval-shaped depressions that form when large chunks of ice left behind by a retreating glacier become buried in sediment. When the ice eventually melts, it creates a hole in the ground.
The name given to lakes formed through glacial erosion is "glacial lakes." These lakes are created when glaciers carve out depressions in the land, which then fill with melted ice and water. They often have unique characteristics, such as a circular shape and steep sides.
As the ice blocks left behind by the continental glacier melted after the last ice age, they formed bodies of water known as kettle lakes. These kettle lakes are depressions in the landscape caused by the melting of the ice blocks, which were then filled with water from the melted ice.
When the glacier melted from North America it left a mass of "heterogeneous" rock debris (loosely termed "glacial drift") etc