A till plain is an extensive flat plain of glacial till that forms when a sheet of ice becomes detached from the main body of a glacier and melts in place depositing the sediments it carried. A till plain with irregular topography is referred to as a ground moraine.
See also
- Glacial till plains (Ohio)
- See "plain" article for other types of plains.
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