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Drumlin
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drumlin
a streamlined, elongated hill formed by glacial action, with a teardrop shape and the steeper end facing the direction of ice movement
Example
The drumlin field in the region displayed a series of these distinctive glacial landforms.
The teardrop-shaped drumlin indicated the past movement of the glacier from the northwest.
Researchers studied the orientation of drumlins to reconstruct the flow direction of the ancient ice sheet.
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