Interesting Facts About Drumlins
The definition of a drumlin:
According to The Oxford Dictionary:
Drumlin – Long oval mound of drift or diluvial formation.
According to Wikipedia:
A drumlin, from the Irish word droimnín (“littlest ridge”), first recorded in 1833, 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.
Drumlin pictures:
Drumlins explained with a drawing.
Google Earth image of drumlins in the Peterborough area. The shaded relief is a courtesy from NASA.