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DrumlinA 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 [..]
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DrumlinStreamlined hill, largely of till, with blunt end pointing into direction from which ice moved. Occur in clusters called drumlin fields.
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Drumlin1833, diminutive of drum (1725) "ridge or long, narrow hill," often separating two parallel valleys, from Gaelic and Irish druim "back, ridge."
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Drumlinearthen mound shaped by glaciers.
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Drumlinan elongated hill of glacial till or drift whose narrow end points toward the retreating glacier.
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Drumlina mound of glacial debris formed into a smooth, elongated feature whose apex is skewed towards the rear (in terms of the direction of movement). The steeper slope at the back of the feature is called [..]
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Drumlin(n) - a teardrop-shaped deposit of sediments re-shaped by a glacier pointing in the direction of glacial movement
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Drumlin(n) a mound of glacial drift
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DrumlinElongated mound of glacial sediment deposited parallel to ice flow.
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Drumlin, sb. a mound or ridge of gravel (Co. Down, Geo. Survey).
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Drumlin[Gaelic "ridge"] A hill formed from glacial debris.
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DrumlinIrish term for a small hill. Consists of glacial drift shaped by ice action into a "hog- back", which is oval in plan and has its long axis pointing in the direction of ice movement. Drumlins often occur in groups.
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Drumlin
(geography) An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.
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DrumlinA low oval mount or small hill, typically found in clusters, consisting of compacted boulder clay moulded by past glacial action.
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