glacial drift

  • 91drumlin — /drum lin/, n. Geol. a long, narrow or oval, smoothly rounded hill of unstratified glacial drift. [1825 35; DRUM2 + lin, var. of LING1] * * * ▪ geology       oval or elongated hill believed to have been formed by the streamlined movement of… …

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  • 92Meath — /meeth, meedh/, n. a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 95,602; 902 sq. mi. (2335 sq. km). Co. seat: Trim. * * * ▪ county, Ireland Irish  An Mhí,  originally  Mide,  or  Midhe   county in the province of Leinster, northeastern… …

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  • 93Chilcotin Group — Index map showing the location of the Chilcotin Group relative to volcanoes in the Anahim Volcanic Belt The Chilcotin Group, also called the Chilcotin Plateau Basalts, is a large area of basaltic lava that forms a volcanic plateau running… …

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  • 94Drumlin — Drum lin, n. [Gael. druim the ridge of a hill.] (Geol.) A hill of compact, unstratified, glacial drift or till, usually elongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former local glacial motion. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 95Criccieth — Coordinates: 52°55′01″N 4°14′11″W / 52.91697°N 4.23626°W / 52.91697; 4.23626 …

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  • 96High Shincliffe — infobox UK place country = England official name= High Shincliffe latitude= 54.7525 longitude= 1.5358 shire district= City of Durham shire county = Durham region= North East England constituency westminster= City of Durham post town= DURHAM… …

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  • 97Boulder clay — Boulder clay, in geology, is a deposit of clay, often full of boulders, which is formed in and beneath glaciers and ice sheets wherever they are found, but is in a special sense the typical deposit of the Glacial Period in northern Europe and… …

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  • 98Jasper conglomerate — Jasper conglomerates are a distinct type of glacial erratic collected mostly from glacial drift. The conglomerates were derived from the North American region of the Canadian Shield that is present on St. Joseph Island and north and northwest of… …

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  • 99Briarcroft Pasture — Geobox Protected Area name = Briarcroft Pasture native name = other name = other name1 = category local = Site of Special Scientific Interest category iucn = image size = image caption = country = England region = North East region type = Region… …

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  • 100Old Copper Complex — Native copper nugget from glacial drift, Ontonagon County, Michigan. An example of the raw material worked by the people of the Old Copper Complex. Old Copper Complex is a term used for ancient Native North American societies known to have been… …

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