kame

An isolated hill or mound of stratified sands and gravels which have been deposited by glacial meltwater. Some kame deposits show slumping on a side which previously had been held in position by a wall of ice. Many kames seem to be old deltas of subglacial streams.

Kame terraces are flat-topped, steep-sided ridges of similar fluvio-glacial origin, running along the valley side. They are ice contact features, formed between the side of a decaying glacier and a valley wall. Moulin kames form below moulins.