PHOTO PATTERN DATA ELEMENTS: MORAINE
The Interior Lowlands- This area, called a lowland, is adjacent to and south of 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 and level till plains, lake plains, and flat stretches interrupted by belts of ridges. (Humid)
Form
Drainage
Gully Characteristics
Ridge, disorderly arranged, individually and collectively, ridge to hill formed of medium to high relief ridges.
Deranged, disorderly, pocketed, local or short channeled local feeders to ponds. Sometimes medium dendritic; ponded; swamps are local.
V-notched to saucer-shaped, variable forms. Erosion is common.
Special Features Rolling terrain and deranged drainage.
Color (Photo Gray Tones) Heterogeneous on slopes, light where slopes are eroded;
Land Use depressions are dark.
Limited agriculture, but some crop cultivation, ground water
Vegetation found in local areas, striped-field patterns show erosion control.
Woodlots and swamps occur, some crop cultivation, ground water available in local areas, orchards found locally.
Source: Terrain analysis procedural guide for surface configuration, US Army engineer topographic laboratories, p. 7-13