basket of eggs topography is related with ?
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The term ‘basket of eggs’ topography refers to Drumlins which is a depositional landform formed by glaciers. They are forms of rounded hummocks resulting from the deposition of glacial till which look like inverted boat or spoon. They vary in size from a few metres to 60-100 metres in height and from a few hundred metres to one-two kilometres in length. When they occur in a cluster they look like a basket of eggs. Colonies of drumlins are found in Finland, Northern Island and Wisconsin, USA.
The up-glacier side of a drumlin is steep while the down-glacier side is gentle. They are formed parallel to the direction of ice movement.
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The term “Basket of egg topography” is a glacial landform(drumlins) formed due to depositions of glacial sediments or till. The phrase is given due to the resemblance of drumlins into half drowned eggs shape. Its height is up to 50 meters and stretches up to 2 kilometres in length