kame
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views updated May 29 2018kame A steep-sided mound, composed of bedded sand and gravel, which often shows signs of marginal slumping. It is a land-form of glacial deposition, associated with
stagnant ice whose removal by melting causes the collapse.
A Dictionary of Ecology MICHAEL ALLABY
kame
oxford
views updated May 08 2018kame Steep-sided mound composed of bedded sand and gravel which often shows signs of marginal slumping. It is a land-form of glacial deposition, associated with stagnant ice whose removal by melting causes the collapse.
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY