Fluvioglacial Deposition

Fluvioglacial Deposition

1. Outwash Plains

   • Found in the front of glaciers snouts. Considered as a flat expanse of sorted material
   • 5-80km

2. Kettle Lakes

   • A small circular hollow found in an outwash plain, filled with water
   • Formed by blocks of ice becoming detached from the glacier when it retreats and the outwash plain builds up around it

3. Kames

   • Mounds of deposit found on the valley floor.
   • Sediment builds up on top of / within the glacier and when it melts it is deposited

4. Eskers

   • A sinuous ridge found running parallel to the pre existing glaier
   • Formed from the deposition by the subglacial stream when the glacier retreats the meltwater dries up and the deposition is left

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