Drumlin:
A low, smoothly rounded, elongate hill. Drumlins are deposits of compacted till that are sculpted beneath the ice of a flowing glacier. The long axis of a drumlin parallels the flow direction of the ice.
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drumlin -- n. Elongated mound of glacial sediment deposited parallel to ice flow.
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drumlin Streamlined hill, largely of till, with blunt end pointing into direction from which ice moved. Occur in clusters called drumlin fields.
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Drumlin A hill shaped deposit of till. The shape of these features resembles an elongated teaspoon laying bowl down. The tapered end of the drumlin points to the direction of glacier advance. Drumlins come in assorted sizes.
Till-unsorted (glacial flour to boulders) deposited by receding/advancing glaciers, forming moraines, and drumlins Moraines (Terminal) material deposited at the end; (Ground) material deposited as glacier melts; ...
 See also: Erosion, Sediment, Surface, Origin, Slope
  
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