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
Moraine
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A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris, sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions and that has been previously carried along b
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 word droimnín ("little ridge"), first recorded in 1833. Assemblages of drumlins are referred to as fields or swarms…
The snow-free debris hills around the lagoon are lateral and terminal moraines of a valley glacier in Manang, Nepal.
Moraine of the Nanga Parbat North Face Glacier as seen from Fairy Meadows, Pakistan
Moraine in Rocky Mountain National Park, taken by Ansel Adams in 1941
Moraines around Icy lake (2709 m), just below Musala peak (2925 m) in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria