drumlin

A noun referring to a mound of glacial drift, typically shaped like an inverted spoon or elongated hill, formed by the movement of a glacier.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa uma colina de sedimentos glaciais, geralmente com formato de colher invertida ou de colina alongada, formada pelo movimento de uma geleira.

1. Glacial landform C1 formal scientific

   A long, low, oval-shaped mound of glacial drift, formed by the movement of a glacier, with its long axis parallel to the direction of ice flow.

   • The valley is dotted with drumlins left by the last ice age.
   • Geologists studied the composition of the drumlin to understand glacial movement.
   • The farmer's field was shaped by a large drumlin, creating a gentle hill.

   🇵🇹Forma de relevo glacial

• drumlins plural form
• drumlins' possessive plural form
• drumlin's possessive singular form