kettle hole

English

Lakes formed in kettle holes in Siberia.

Noun

kettle hole (plural kettle holes)

1. (geology) A depression in the ground occurring as the result of a large block of ice getting buried by glacial outwash and subsequent melting of it.

Synonyms

• kettle

Related terms

• kettle lake

Translations

depression in the ground

• Bulgarian: понор m (ponor)
• Finnish: suppa (fi)
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• Spanish: kettle, marmita de gigante