Kettle (landform)  

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A kettle (kettle hole, pothole) is a shallow, sediment-filled body of water formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters.

Examples of kettles

The Prairie Pothole Region extends from northern Alberta, Canada to Iowa, United States and includes thousands of small sloughs and lakes.

• Austria
  • Meerauge, Bodental
  • Zmulner See, Carinthia (Kärnten)
• Canada
  • Ontario
    • Algonquin Park, Spruce Bog trail
    • Lake Wilcox
    • Musselman Lake
    • Preston Lake
    • Puslinch Lake
    • Heart Lake
  • MacLaren Pond,
    Fundy National Park, New Brunswick
• Germany
  • Müggelsee, Berlin
  • Ukleisee, Schleswig-Holstein
  • Osterseen, Bayern
  • Eggstätter Seen, Bayern
  • Seeoner Seen, Bayern
  • Oberwaldbacher See, Bayern
  • Schluisee, Bayern
  • Teupitzer See, Brandenburg
  • Tüttensee, Bayern
• New Zealand
  • Lake Matheson
• United Kingdom
  • England
    • Aqualate Mere
    • Hatchmere
  • Scotland
    • Blae Loch
    • Loch Brown
    • Loch Fergus
    • Helenton Loch
    • Loch Morlich
• Venezuela
  • Kettle Mucubají
• United States
  • Indiana
    • Pinhook Bog
  • Iowa
    • Clear Lake
  • Massachusetts
    • Fresh Pond
    • Jamaica Pond
    • Spy Pond
    • Walden Pond
  • Michigan
    • Heart Lake
    • Walled Lake
    • Tee Lake
    • Thumb Lake
  • New Hampshire
    • Philbrick-Cricenti Bog
    • Ponemah Bog
    • Spruce Hole Bog

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• New York
  • Lake Ronkonkoma
  • Lake Success
  • Artist Lake
  • Mendon Ponds
• Ohio
  • Brady Lake
  • Lake Anna, Barberton Ohio
  • Calamus Swamp
  • Stage's Pond State Nature Preserve
  • Triangle Lake Bog, Ravenna
• Pennsylvania
  • Conneaut Lake
• Rhode Island
  • Ell Pond
• Washington
  • Fish Lake
• Wisconsin
  • Elkhart Lake
  • Mauthe Lake

See also

• Glacial landforms
• Pothole
• Pond