Soil creep terracettes on a drumlin ridge

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Soil creep terracettes on a drumlin ridge by Eric Jones as part of the Geograph project.

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Soil creep terracettes on a drumlin ridge

Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 28 Sep 2014

Terracettes are built by soil creep - the very slow mass movement of soil over decades. Terracettes are narrow shelf like features.

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.367452
Longitude
-5.902417