Kettle lakes in Siberia, adjacent to the Gulf of Ob (image right). The different colors of the lakes reflect different amounts of sediment or depth; the deeper or clearer the water, the bluer the lake.

A kettle (or kettle hole) is a small, often round landform depression formed as a result of glacial movement. It is formed when a large piece of ice breaks away from the edge of a retreating glacier, and becomes partially buried under sediment deposited by the glacier. After it melts, this fragment leaves a small depression in the landscape. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (4800x4800, 3529 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Kettlehole Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (4800x4800, 3529 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Kettlehole Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... The Gulf of Ob is an immense bay of the Arctic Ocean, at the head of which is the mouth of the Ob River. ... A landform comprises a geomorphological unit. ... A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. ... The acronym ICE can refer to: InterCity Express, a German high-speed train InterCity Express (CityTrain), an interurban train used by QR CityTrain in South East Queensland, Australia Internal combustion engine, a fuel engine In-circuit emulator, a computer hardware device In case of emergency, emergency number in mobile phones... This article needs to be wikified. ...

A Kettle Pond or Kettle Lake is formed when water fills up the kettle hole.

The Kettle Moraine is a region of Wisconsin, covering an area from Green Bay to south-central Wisconsin, and has numerous kettles, moraines and other glacial features. It has many kettle lakes, some of which are 100 to 200 feet deep. Kettle Point, Ontario, a First Nation community on Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada has many examples of kettles, hence the name. Kettle Moraine is a large moraine in the state of Wisconsin stretching from Walworth County in the south to Kewaunee County in the north. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Name Green Bay refers to: The city of Green Bay, Wisconsin. ... Moraine at Mono Lake, California, United States Moraines clearly seen on a side glacier of the Gorner Glacier, Zermatt, Switzerland. ... Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation, or Kettle Point No. ... First Nations is the current title used by Canada to describe the various societies of the indigenous peoples, called Native Americans in the U.S. They have also been known as Indians, Native Canadians, Aboriginal Americans, Amer-Indians, or Aboriginals, and are officially called Indians in the Indian Act, which... Lake Huron and the other Great Lakes Lake Huron, bounded on the west by Michigan and on the east by Ontario, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status but is not fully co-official) Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty...

Pothole lakes dot the landscape of the Northern Hemisphere in the American and Canadian prairies, the Russian steppes, and throughout northern Siberia. Some of these lakes are far from agricultural land and settled areas, so they have fairly clear and unpolluted waters. Scientists use satellite images of these glacial kettle lakes to measure water clarity and to make environmental assessments. Scientists also monitor these lakes to study climate change. Researchers reported in Science that over the past 30 years, some glacial kettle lakes in northern Siberia have drained as the region has warmed and the permafrost beneath the lakes has "cracked," allowing lake water to drain out. Insert non-formatted text here The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planets surface (or celestial sphere) that is north of the equator (the word hemisphere literally means half ball). On the Earth, the Northern Hemisphere contains most of the land and population. ... A steppe in Western Kazakhstan in early spring In physical geography, a steppe (Russian: - step, Ukrainian: - step), pronounced in English as step, is a plain without trees (apart from those near rivers and lakes); it is similar to a prairie, although a prairie is generally considered as being dominated by... Siberian Federal District (dark red) and the broadest definition of Siberia (red) Siberia (Russian: , Sibir’; Tatar: Seber) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of Northern Asia. ... Satellite imagery are photographs of Earth or other planets made from artificial satellites. ... Science is the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). ... In geology, permafrost or permafrost soil is soil that stays in a frozen state for more than two years in a row. ...

Kettle lakes are not fed or drained by rivers; they rely on percipitation to keep them from drying out.

Examples of kettle lakes

• New England
  • Walden Pond
  • Jamaica Pond
  • Ell Pond
  • Fresh Pond
  • Spruce Hole Bog
• Long Island
  • Lake Ronkonkoma
• Michigan
  • Heart Lake
  • Thumb Lake
• Wisconsin
  • Elkhart Lake
  • Mauthe Lake

This article is about the region in the United States of America. ... Thoreaus Cove, Concord, Mass. ... Jamaica Pond, boathouse in distance, 2005 Jamaica Pond is a small kettlehole pond at the center of Jamaica Park, part of the Emerald Necklace of parks in Boston. ... Categories: US geography stubs ... General plan for Fresh Pond Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts, by the Olmsted Brothers landscape design firm, 1897. ... Categories: Stub | New Hampshire geography ... Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, USA. It has an area of 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) and a population of 7. ... Lake Ronkonkoma is a census-designated place located in Suffolk County, New York. ... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ... Heart Lake, Minnesota Heart Lake is located in northwestern Minnesota, several miles west of Lake Itasca, which is believed to be the headwaters of the Mississippi River. ... Thumb Lake, also known as Lake Louise, is a lake located in Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Elkhart Lake is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States. ...

External links and References

• Geology of Ice Age National Scientific Reserve of Wisconsin NPS Scientific Monograph No. 2
• The genesis of the northern Kettle Moraine, Wisconsin - PDF
• Geology of the Adirondack Park
• Pothole Lakes in Siberia. NASA Earth Observatory. Retrieved on 2006-05-02.