Drumlins & Erratics
Geography: AQA GCSE, topic 3.4.6
Drumlins and Erratics
As well as moraines, glaciers can also deposit material as drumlins or erratics:
Drumlins
- Drumlins are elongated hills of glacial deposits.
- At the upstream end, drumlins are rounded, steep and blunt.
- At the downstream end, drumlins are tapered, have a shallower relief and are pointed.
Erratics
- Erratics are large rocks that have been transported by a glacier and then deposited in a place that's made of another type of rock.
- Erratics usually look very out of place in their surroundings.
Test yourself on Drumlins & Erratics
What do we call elongated hills of glacial deposits?