Glacial kettles are the depressions the glaciers made when they left behind a block of ice surrounded by rock debris. The term designates a shape of the area.
Glacial kettles form when a glacier leaves behind a block of ice and rock debris. When the ice melts, a bowl-shaped depression is left in the ground.
Glaciers have created some of the most beautiful landscapes in the world.
See also:
- How Were Glacial Lakes Formed?
- What Are Moraines and How Are They Formed?
- What Are Drumlins and Eskers and How Are They Formed?
- How Did the Finger Lakes In New York State Get Their Name and How Were the Finger Lakes Formed?
- Why Is Minnesota Called the Land of 10,000 Lakes and How Were the Lakes In Wisconsin and Minnesota Formed?
