KAMES are
irregular
hills
of
sand
and
gravel
with
steep
slopes.
Glaciers
pick
up
rock
debris
as
the
ice
flows
along.
Glacial
meltwaters
carry
sand
and
gravel
from
the
glacier.
Where
the
meltwater
streams
experienced
rapid
drops
in
flow
rate,
as
when
they
emerged
from
a
tunnel
under
the
ice,
or
reached
level
ground
at
the
ice
edge,
some
of
the
load
of
sand
and
gravel
was
piled
up
to
form
a
kame.
If
the
deposit
was
built
up
against
the
edge
of
the
ice,
when
the
ice
melted,
the
sediment
collapsed
down
leaving
a
steep
(ice-contact)
slope
on
one
side
where
the
ice
stood.
Such
asymmetrical
hills
tell
us
which
side
the
ice
was
on
when
the
kame
formed,
which
in
turn
tells
us
the
direction
of
ice
flow.
Kames
are
often
excavated
as
sources
of
sand
and
gravel
for
construction.
Local
examples
of
kames
include
Chicopee,
Beechwood
hill,
Doon
Pinnacle,
and
the
Baden
Hills.
A
row
of
kames
extends
from
Amulree
to
Josephsburg,
west
of
Waterloo.
