Land shaped by or composed of drifted materials, such as sand dunes or land formed by glacial drift deposits.
Compound of 'drift' and 'land,' literally meaning terrain characterized by drifted substances. 'Drift' in geology refers to soil and rock material moved by glaciers or water.
Geologists use 'drift' for glacial deposits because rock fragments literally 'drifted' across landscapes during ice ages—'driftland' regions cover huge parts of North America and Europe.
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