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When a chunk of ice left behind by a receding glacier melts, the water stays in the kettle, forming a________________

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the other person is wrong it is called a kettle LAKE

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When a chunk of ice left behind by a receding glacier melts, the water stays in the kettle, forming a KETTLE LAKE I GOT IT WRONG ON EDGE BECAUSE OF OTHER PERSON THEN IT TOLD ME THE RIGHT ANSWER

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Kettle lake

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A kettle lake forms when a receeding glaciers leaves glacier behind in a shallow depression called a kettle.

Kettles and kettle lakes are products of glacier deposition. They are mostly attributed to the receeding phase of a glacier. The mouth of a retreating glacier are usually laden with a mix of melt water and sediments. As the glacier continues to retreat, it leaves behind stagnant ice that must have been buried with the sediment. When the ice melts, a kettle which is an hollow depression forms and the water in it makes it a kettle lake.

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