Drumlin
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A drumlin is an elongated hill in the shape of an inverted spoon or half-buried egg formed by glacial ice acting on underlying unconsolidated till or ground moraine. The name is derived from the Irish
Drumlins around Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin, in an area with one of the highest concentration of drumlins in the world. The curved path of the Laurentide Ice Sheet is evident in the orientation of the various mounds.
Elongate and forested drumlins south of Puerto Williams, Chile. Flow direction here was at time of formation from west to east (left to right on picture).
Clew Bay in County Mayo, Ireland, is a vast field of semi-submerged drumlins, which are now islands.
Drumlin field in Western New York state, aligned with glacial flow
Fluvioglacial landform
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Fluvioglacial landforms or glaciofluvial landforms are those that result from the associated erosion and deposition of sediments caused by glacial meltwater. Glaciers contain suspended sediment loads,
Thórsmörk glacial outwash plain
Esker in Einunndalsranden naturreservat, Hedmark, Norway
Mouth of the Schlatenkees glacier in Austria
Braldu River below the Baltoro Glacier in Pakistan