ESKER

Esker

An esker is a long, winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel, examples of which occur in glaciated and formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North America. Eskers are frequently several kilometres long and, because of their peculiar uniform shape, are somewhat like railway embankments.

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esker

Noun

  1. A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.


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