On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Drumlin. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as drift and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Drumlin meaning
An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.
Synonyms of Drumlin
Using Drumlin
- The main meaning on this page is: An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.
- Useful related words include: drift.
- In the example corpus, drumlin often appears in combinations such as: drumlin field, drumlin fields, the drumlin.
Context around Drumlin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Drumlin
- In this selection, "drumlin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, aligned, drowned, pleistocene, field, fields and camps stand out and add context to how "drumlin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a drowned drumlin landscape where and combined with drumlin formation identified. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "drumlin" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with drumlin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Drumlins are found in groups called drumlin fields or drumlin camps. (11 words)
Below the C horizon the drumlin consists of multiple beds of till deposited by lodgment and bed deformation. (18 words)
The melting retreat of the Vashon Glaciation eroded the land, creating a drumlin field of hundreds of aligned drumlin hills. (20 words)
Soil development on drumlins Drumlin soil is variable but on recently formed drumlins often consists of a thin A soil horizon (often referred to as "'topsoil'" which accumulated after formation) and a thin Bw horizon (commonly referred to as "'subsoil'"). (40 words)
These glacial forces are not specifically "carving", as in cutting into the landscape via the mechanics of ice/glaciers, but rather eroding the landscape from melt water of the Vashon Glacier creating the drumlin field. (35 words)
Many Pleistocene drumlin fields are observed to occur in a fan-like distribution. citation The Múlajökull drumlins of Iceland are also arrayed in a splayed fan distribution around an arc of 180°. (32 words)
Example sentences (10)
Drumlins are found in groups called drumlin fields or drumlin camps.
The melting retreat of the Vashon Glaciation eroded the land, creating a drumlin field of hundreds of aligned drumlin hills.
Below the C horizon the drumlin consists of multiple beds of till deposited by lodgment and bed deformation.
Clew Bay in Ireland is a good example of a 'drowned drumlin' landscape where the drumlins appear as islands in the sea, forming a 'basket of eggs' topography.
Many Pleistocene drumlin fields are observed to occur in a fan-like distribution. citation The Múlajökull drumlins of Iceland are also arrayed in a splayed fan distribution around an arc of 180°.
On drumlins with longer exposure (e.g. in the Lake Ontario drumlin field in New York State) soil development is more advanced, for example with the formation of clay-enriched Bt horizons.
Soil development on drumlins Drumlin soil is variable but on recently formed drumlins often consists of a thin A soil horizon (often referred to as "'topsoil'" which accumulated after formation) and a thin Bw horizon (commonly referred to as "'subsoil'").
The recent retreat of a marginal outlet glacier of Hofsjökull in Iceland A satellite image of the region of Hofsjökull where drumlin growth has been observed (see coord39).
These glacial forces are not specifically "carving", as in cutting into the landscape via the mechanics of ice/glaciers, but rather eroding the landscape from melt water of the Vashon Glacier creating the drumlin field.
This, when combined with drumlin formation identified through imaging beneath the West Antarctica ice, resulted in a significant step in geomorphologic understanding.
Common combinations with drumlin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: