How Does Glacial Depositional Landforms | Till, Moraines, Drumlins Work?

Glaciers are like giant ice scoops that move across the land and drop things behind them, till, moraines, and drumlins.

Imagine you're playing with a big bucket of mud and pebbles, and you’re walking around your backyard. Every now and then, you stop and drop what's in your bucket on the ground. That’s like how glaciers work: they carry dirt, rocks, and tiny bits of everything under them as they move. When they slow down or melt, they drop all that stuff, this is called till, and it looks messy, like a big pile of mud and stones.

If the glacier stops moving completely, the pile of dropped stuff forms a moraine, kind of like a wall of rocks and dirt. You can think of it like a giant sandcastle you build at the beach.

Sometimes, as glaciers move over land, they push the till into smooth hills called drumlins, which look like little pancakes stacked on top of each other, but made of rock and soil instead!

So, glaciers are just big ice scoops that move around and drop things behind them, making fun new shapes in the ground.