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An oval shaped hill made from deposited material called boulder clay. E.g Clew Bay Co Mayo
Occurs mostly on
lowland
areas as temperatures increases. as it melts a deposit it’s Load
Drumlin
contour
lines close together on the steep sides and far apart on the
gentle slope
Forms
when
ice deposits
some of its load.
continues its journey,moves over the boulder clay shaping +smoothing it’s forming small hills called drumlins.
on one end of the
drumlin
it will be
steep(
Direction where it came from) and at the other end it will have a gentle slope (direction travelling).
Drumlins occur in groups sometimes known as basket of eggs landscape/
Swarmz
Drumlin
diagram