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KAME: A ridgelike or hilly local glacial deposit of coarse clastic sediment formed as a delta at the glacier front by meltwater streams.

KARST TOPOGRAPHY: An irregular topography characterized by sinkholes, caverns, and lack of surface streams; formed in humid regions because an underlying carbonate formation has been riddled with underground drainage channels that capture the surface streams.

KETTLE: A hollow or depression formed in glacial deposits when outwash was deposited around a residual block of ice that later melted.