Kettle

Alternative definitions (2), class: vernacular (0)
Term: Kettle
Definition: (or kettlehole) A self-contained bowl-shaped depression within an area covered by glacial stream deposits, often containing a pond. A kettle forms from the burial of a mass of glacier ice by glacial or stream sediment, followed by its subsequent melting.
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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