Till plain

A till plain is an extensive flat plain of glacial till that forms when a sheet of ice becomes detached from the main body of a glacier and melts in place, depositing the sediments it carried. Ground moraines are formed when the till melts out of the glacier in irregular heaps, forming rolling hills.

Till plains created by the Wisconsin glaciation cover much of northern Ohio (see Glacial till plains (Ohio)).^[1]

References

↑ Simonson, Bruce. "Geology of the Vermilion River Watershed." Living in the Vermilion River Watershed. Ed. Mary C. Garvin. Chardon, OH: POV Communication, pp. 8-12.

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Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Tarn Tunnel valley U-valley Zungenbecken

Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine

Glacifluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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