Which glacial landform is an egg-shaped hill?

Which glacial landform is an egg-shaped hill?

• A. Cirque
• B. Drumlin
• C. Arete
• D. Crevasse

Answer: (B)

Drumlins are elongated, egg-shaped hills formed when a glacier reshapes and deposits soft sediment under its flow. Their distinctive teardrop form points in the direction of ice movement, with a blunt end upstream and a tapered end downstream, which is why an egg-shaped hill fits this landform. The other options don’t match a hill shape: a cirque is a bowl-shaped hollow at the glacier’s source, an arete is a sharp ridge between two cirques, and a crevasse is a deep crack in the glacier itself.

Drumlins are elongated, egg-shaped hills formed when a glacier reshapes and deposits soft sediment under its flow. Their distinctive teardrop form points in the direction of ice movement, with a blunt end upstream and a tapered end downstream, which is why an egg-shaped hill fits this landform. The other options don’t match a hill shape: a cirque is a bowl-shaped hollow at the glacier’s source, an arete is a sharp ridge between two cirques, and a crevasse is a deep crack in the glacier itself.