End Moraine:
a ridge made by the accumulation of glacial drift along the margin of a glacier
Esker:
a serpentine ridge of sand and gravel deposited by a meltwater stream, usually in a tunnel under a glacier
Glacial Outwash:
stratified and sorted sediment (mainly sand and gravel) deposited by glacial streams in front of a glacial margin
Ground Moraine:
a sheet of glacial till deposited as a veneer of low relief over preexisting topography
Headward Erosion:
lengthening of a valley at its upper end by gullying
Kame:
a low steep-sided hill composed largely of stratified gravel or sand formed in contact with glacier ice. Also used as a term for a family of more specific ice contact deposits
Kettle:
a depression in glacial drift, made by the melting of a detached mass of glacial ice that has been buried in the ice
Outwash Plain:
a plain beyond the margin of the glacier, composed of glacial outwash driftdeposited by meltwater streams
Till:
poorly sorted, nonstratified sediment deposited by a glacier

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