Sediment deposited by meltwater streams emanating from a glacier is called a(n)
A) glacial outwash.
B) kame.
C) outwash plain.
D) esker.
E) kettle lake.

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Sediment deposited by meltwater streams emanating from a glacier is called glacial outwash. Kames are small, steep-sided hills of sediment deposited by meltwater. Outwash plains are broad, flat areas of sediment deposited by meltwater. Eskers are winding ridges of sediment deposited by meltwater underneath or within a glacier. Kettle lakes form when a block of ice left by a glacier becomes buried in sediment and eventually melts, creating a depression that fills with water.

Sediment Deposited by Meltwater Streams Emanating from a Glacier Is