a steep-sided glaciofluvial landform that occur as the result of blocks of ice calving from the retreating glacier and subsequent accumulation of till around the melting ice block is known as a(n)

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Kettle holes are formed when blocks of ice calve from the edge of a retreating glacier and become partially or wholly buried in glacial drift. As the block of ice melts, it leaves behind a depression that can fill with water to become a kettle lake. This process does not involve the streamlined shaping of landforms like drumlins, nor the formation of ridges like eskers or kames, nor the sharp peaks like horns.

A Steep-Sided Glaciofluvial Landform That Occur as the Result of Blocks