Glossary:Kame

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Kame
A glacial landform. A kame is a mound of sediment formed by the initial deposition of material within a cavity in a glacier followed by slumping as the ice retreats.

Related words: Esker

Source
Adapted from: Summerfield, M. A. (1991) Global geomorphology. New York: Longman Scientific Ltd.

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