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Webster 1913 Edition


Drumlin

Drum′lin

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Noun.
[Gael.
druim
the ridge of a hill.]
(Geol.)
A hill of compact, unstratified, glacial drift or till, usually elongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former local glacial motion.

Definition 2024


drumlin

drumlin

English

Diagram of drumlins showing direction of glacial drift.

Noun

drumlin (plural drumlins)

  1. (geography) An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.

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