Explore Drumlins through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Drumlins meaning
plural of drumlin
Using Drumlins
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of drumlin
- In the example corpus, drumlins often appears in combinations such as: the drumlins, on drumlins, of drumlins.
Context around Drumlins
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Drumlins
- In this selection, "drumlins" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, formed, learned, 000, drumlin, country and appear stand out and add context to how "drumlins" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 10 000 drumlins and composition of drumlins varies depending. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "drumlins" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with drumlins
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The drumlins align with glacial flow. (6 words)
The drumlins can be observed between pools of water. (9 words)
Drumlins are found in groups called drumlin fields or drumlin camps. (11 words)
Lough Neagh Northern Ireland was covered by an ice sheet for most of the last ice age and on numerous previous occasions, the legacy of which can be seen in the extensive coverage of drumlins in Counties Fermanagh, Armagh, Antrim and particularly Down. (43 words)
The composition of drumlins varies depending on the area in which they are found, and can consist of similar material to the till of the surrounding moraine or be composed almost entirely of bedrock, sand and gravel or various mixtures thereof. (41 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)
Example sentences (14)
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'").
He started golfing often his freshman year when he learned Drumlins Country Club was free for students.
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.
Drumlins are found in groups called drumlin fields or drumlin camps.
Drumlins generally have a consistent ratio of 2:3.5 width to length dimensions.
Ground moraines may be modified into drumlins by the overriding ice.
In this area, the extensive glacial moraines, eskers, and drumlins have limited the profitability of agriculture by fragmenting fields and presenting serious erosion problems.
Lough Neagh Northern Ireland was covered by an ice sheet for most of the last ice age and on numerous previous occasions, the legacy of which can be seen in the extensive coverage of drumlins in Counties Fermanagh, Armagh, Antrim and particularly Down.
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.
One of these fields is found east of Rochester, New York ; it is estimated to contain about 10,000 drumlins.
The composition of drumlins varies depending on the area in which they are found, and can consist of similar material to the till of the surrounding moraine or be composed almost entirely of bedrock, sand and gravel or various mixtures thereof.
The drumlins align with glacial flow.
The drumlins can be observed between pools of water.
Common combinations with drumlins
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the drumlins 3×
- on drumlins 2×
- of drumlins 2×