PHOTO PATTERN DATA ELEMENTS: KAME/TERRACE
The Interior Lowlands- This area is an outer lowland adjacent to Lake Michigan where
the characteristic low, gently rolling prairie topography prevails. The area was covered
during continental glaciation creating variations in topography from place to place,
producing belts of small hills, level till plains, and flat stretches interspersed with lake
plains. (Humid)
Form
Knob/Plain rounded steep-sided hills, knolls on flat to
gently sloping plain.
Drainage
Runoff from knob is in several directions absence of
pattern, wet ground around foot of slopes.
Gully Characteristics
Minor units appear, V-shaped if present.
Special Features
Conical-shaped mound or hill on flat plain.
Color (Photo Gray Tones)
Light on hill crest, uniform gray on terrace.
Land Use
Infrequently cultivated on knob, grazing land, pasture,
orchards. Flat plain is cultivated.
Vegetation
Forests on steep slopes, dense, thick undergrowth at base
of slopes are swamps or marshes.
Source: Terrain analysis procedural guide for surface configuration, US Army engineer
topographic laboratories, p. 7-13