A kame delta is a glaciallandform made by a stream flowing through glacial ice and depositing material (Kame - distinctive because it has been sorted by the action of the stream) upon entering a lake or pond at the end or terminus of the glacier, thus "in front" of it, a proglacial lake. This landform may often be observed after the glacier has melted and usually has a delta (in the sense of the Greek letter) or triangular shape. Often upon melting of the glacier the edges of the delta may subside as ice under it melts and glacial till may be deposited in the lateral or side area also as material is deposited from the melting glacier.
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glossary of important terms in glacial geology (http://www.homepage.montana.edu/~geol445/hyperglac/glossary.htm)
A kame is a geological Geology (from Greek γη- (ge-, "the earth") and λογος (logos, "word", "reason")) is the science and study of the Earth, its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shape it.
Kames are often associated with kettle kettle is a geological feature, a depression or an erosion of special kind.
Kames are sometimes compared to drumlins drumlin (Gaelic druim the crest of a hill) is an elongated whale-shaped hill formed by glacial action.
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