Mersey–Dee glacial meltwater landscape

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The Mersey–Dee glacial meltwater landscape is a distinctive post-glacial terrain in northwest England and northeast Wales, characterized by features such as meres, kettle holes, and meltwater channels formed during the last Ice Age.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf glacial meltwater landscape ⓘ
post-glacial landscape ⓘ
associatedWith River Dee ⓘ
River Mersey ⓘ
characterizedBy kettle holes ⓘ
meltwater channels ⓘ
meres ⓘ
undulating lowland topography ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
formedBy meltwater from wasting ice sheets ⓘ
formedDuring Last Glacial Period ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Quaternary ⓘ
hasClimateHistory periglacial conditions after ice retreat ⓘ
hasEcologicalCharacteristic meres and mosses system ⓘ
wetland habitats ⓘ
hasGeologicalOrigin glacial deposition ⓘ
glacial meltwater erosion ⓘ
hasHydrologicalFeature poorly drained depressions ⓘ
hasLandform dry meltwater channel ⓘ
kettle hole lake ⓘ
overdeepened basin ⓘ
pitted outwash plain ⓘ
hasProcess glacial retreat ⓘ
ice-contact sedimentation ⓘ
meltwater incision ⓘ
hasScientificInterest Quaternary geomorphology ⓘ
hydrogeology of lowland glacial terrains ⓘ
palaeoglaciology ⓘ
hasSediment glaciofluvial sands and gravels ⓘ
glaciolacustrine silts and clays ⓘ
hasSoilType glacial till-derived soils ⓘ
sandy outwash deposits ⓘ
hasSurfaceHydrology numerous small lakes and ponds ⓘ
hasTopographicRelief low ⓘ
isExampleOf lowland deglaciation landscape ⓘ
isRelevantTo landscape evolution in northeast Wales ⓘ
landscape evolution in northwest England ⓘ
locatedIn northeast Wales ⓘ
northwest England ⓘ
linked to: North West England
partOf British lowland glacial landscapes ⓘ

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Ellesmere meres → partOf → Mersey–Dee glacial meltwater landscape ⓘ