Geography A-Level

Drumlins

What Drumlins means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.

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Streamlined mounds of till formed by subglacial deformation or deposition around an obstacle, indicating ice flow direction.

AQA · Glaciated landscape development (study guide)

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Glaciated landscape development (AQA A-Level)

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