9.2.5. Outwash plain and Kettles

As the moraines are deposited, melting water emerges from the glaciers rapidly in the form of streams. These streams carry loads of suspended materials. As the water moves, it soon loses its velocity and load carrying capacity, and it drops most of its bed load. As a result, a broad surface of stratified drift is formed, which is called an outwash plain. The basins or depressions found between the outwash plains are called Kettles.