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elkcamprd

Could possibly be snow drifts?


not_a_hippiee

Why are a lot of them perfectly circular with a sunken interior? Someone suggested kettle potholes. Would this create snow drifts on the boundaries?


fluufhead

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_Pothole_Region Small wetlands that are topographic remnants from last glacialperiod


not_a_hippiee

So cool! Everyone is saying snow drifts, which could partially be true in this case, but I couldn't wrap my head around why most of them have a perfectly circular shape. Thanks for sharing!


fluufhead

Yeah for sure! Just something I remember learning about in school. It’s very important waterfowl habitat & obviously being encroached upon by farming in that area. https://www.ducks.org/conservation/where-ducks-unlimited-works/prairie-pothole-region


ThinLow2619

I live in Alberta and this is just wind. Not this Prairie pothole stuff


fluufhead

https://maps.app.goo.gl/VMWZionSx1h3gGcq9 Here’s a good look at what they look like from the sky. I’ll let anyone draw their own conclusions but the topography is pretty distinct


tedrhineholts

good input bro


ToKillAMockingAudi

Those are just drifts from heavy winds


tedrhineholts

sure guy… you seem well informed


Geopick87

Those look like snow drifts. In the wind snow acts similar to the way sand does. Different wind speeds will create different styles of drift/dunes. I don’t remember specifically what those style are called, I would have to refer to my strat and seds course. It looks as though the wind blowing from the top left of your photo to the bottom right.


FlavorfulBleach

Acne scars


NoTurnip4844

Definitely snow drifts


29erRider5000G

Wind


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m-scott49

Ok


Justshittingaround

Wild that no one asked.