kames

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Scope note
Mounds, knobs, or hillocks of poorly stratified drift left by retreating ice sheets. For sinuous ridges of fluvio-glacial origin, use "eskers"; for elongated hills of glacial origin, use "drumlins."
kames
Accepted term: 02-Mar-2026