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Glaciers pick up glacial till and sometimes run into moraines or other large objects. They deposit their till around these objects forming long deposits. This is called a(an) _____________.

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kettle, moraine and till

Kettle, moraine and till are formed by the glacier deposition.

Kettle: It is formed when the blocks of ice comes out of the retreating glacier and gets submerged in the hole of sediments.

Moraine: It is a mass of rocks and sediments carried by a retreating glacier and deposited to other locations, typically in the form of ridges.

Till: It is formed when the materials like sediments in the form of clay, sand, gravel and boulders are frozen in the glacier.

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drumlin

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Drumlin

It is present in the streamlined scenery in the central lowland of the Scotland . The drumlin is in the form of a small hill , with steep slopes , summit at the up - ice end and tending an egg shape .

Drumlin always occurs in groups and is rarely found in single .

And the ends are tapered of each of the hill that points in the direction of the glacier flow .

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