drum·lin
(drŭm′lĭn)n.
An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.
[From drum, ridge, from Irish Gaelic druim, back, ridge, from Old Irish.]
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drumlin
(ˈdrʌmlɪn)n
(Physical Geography) a streamlined mound of glacial drift, rounded or elongated in the direction of the original flow of ice
[C19: from Irish Gaelic druim ridge + -lin -ling1]
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drum•lin
(ˈdrʌm lɪn)n.
a long, narrow or oval, smoothly rounded hill of unstratified glacial drift.
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drum·lin
(drŭm′lĭn) An extended, oval hill or ridge formed and shaped by a glacier. Drumlins are longer than they are wide and have one steep and one gentle slope along their longest axis.
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drumlin
A half-egg-shaped hill of glacial deposits, formed under moving glacial ice.
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| Noun | 1. | drumlin - a mound of glacial drift drift - a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents |
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