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The location of the S & S factory outside Viola prompts today's geography lesson. During the last Ice Age, as the giant glaciers receded they left behind morainic deposits that created the topography. The hills surrounding S & S are glacial monadnocks, and their shape reflects the direction the ice cap melted; in S & S's case they run north/south. The valleys between the monadnocks, called peneplains, have extremely rich soil, and are just the right size for farming. Most monadnocks are full of gravel and rock and offer little agricultural value. So when you look at Google maps the satellite image is a classic textbook example of monadnocks. Thus ends our lesson for today.