Outwash plain
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An outwash plain, also called a sandur, sandr or sandar, is a plain formed of glaciofluvial deposits due to meltwater outwash at the terminus of a glacier. As it flows, the glacier grinds the underlyi
Skeiðarársandur in Iceland, viewed from its eastern margin at the terminus of Svínafellsjökull glacier
The western edge of Skeiðarársandur in Iceland shows the diffuse drainage channels typical of sandur.
Kettle (landform)
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A kettle is a depression or hole in an outwash plain formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters. The kettles are formed as a result of blocks of dead ice left behind by retreating glaciers,
Outwash plain
…terminus of the glacier. An outwash plain might contain surficial braided stream complexes that rework the original deposits. They may also contain kettle lakes, locations where blocks of ice have melted, leaving a depression that fills with water. The flow pattern of glacial rivers across sandar is typically…
A kettle in the Isunngua highland, central-western Greenland
A kettle pond in the Hossa hiking area, Suomussalmi, Finland
Numerous kettle lakes border the Denali Highway in Alaska
Small pond on the West branch panoramio