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Moraine vs Drumlin - What's the difference?

moraine | drumlin |

As nouns the difference between moraine and drumlin

is that moraine is an accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier while drumlin is an elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.

moraine

English

(wikipedia moraine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.

    • Derived terms

    * ground moraine: Moraine found at the base of a glacier. * lateral moraine: When eroded debris is carried along the glacier’s edge. * terminal moraine: Rubble dropped at the foot of a melting glacier.

    Anagrams

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    drumlin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia drumlin) (en noun)
  • (geography) An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.