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A map showing the area, labeled here as "Kettle Range" Kettle Moraine is a large moraine in the state of Wisconsin, United States. It stretches from Walworth County in the south to Kewaunee County in the north. It has also been referred to as the Kettle Range and, in geological texts, as the Kettle Interlobate Moraine.
The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) is an expansive area of the northern Great Plains that contains thousands of shallow wetlands known as potholes. These potholes are the result of glacier activity in the Wisconsin glaciation , which ended about 10,000 years ago.
The chief feature of the reserve is the Kettle Moraine, a highly glaciated area. The area contains very hilly terrain and glacial landforms, such as kettles , kames and eskers . The 56,000-acre (23,000 ha) [ 1 ] forest is divided into two large and three small units, which are spread across a hundred miles.
Till plains formed by the Wisconsin glaciation cover much of the Midwest, including North Dakota, South Dakota, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and northern Ohio (see Glacial till plains (Ohio)). [2] Image of ground moraine in New York. Note flat/rolling topography.
The Kettle Moraine State Forest covers 56,000 acres (230 km 2) in the southeastern part of the state. The principal feature of the forest is the Kettle Moraine, which was created during the Wisconsin Glaciation. [66] [67] There is one national forest managed by the U.S. Forest Service in the state, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. It was ...
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Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive generally follows county and local roads. It begins near Whitewater – at the southern expanse of the Kettle Moraine State Forest's southern unit ( 42°45′56″N 88°42′18″W / 42.76556°N 88.70500°W / 42.76556; -88.70500 ), the drive takes a northeast trek and passes through six counties: Walworth ...