Meaning esker
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A winding ridge of stratified drift . Forms in a glacial tunnel and, when ice melts, stands as ridge up to 15 m high and kilometers in length.
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"deposit left by a glacial stream," 1852, from Irish eiscir "ridge of gravel."
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ridge formed by a stream under a glacier.
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n. A ridge of glacial sediment deposited by a stream flowing in and under a melting glacier.
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long rope and ridge deposits left by glacial melting.
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a low, winding ridge of fluvioglacial deposits which have been laid within sub-glacial channels, therefore found running along the floor of glacial valleys.
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A long ridge of sand and gravel deposited in a river valley by a stream flowing beneath an ice sheet.
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(n) (geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets
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A ridge of glacial sediment deposited by a stream flowing in and under a melting glacier.
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A long ridge of material deposited from meltwater streams running subglacially, roughly parallel to the direction of ice flow.
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A ridge-shaped hill, often associated with rich aggregate deposits.
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A narrow, winding ridge made of gravel usually formed by streams flowing on a glacier or in a tunnel below the glacier or ice sheet.
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An elongated sinuous ridge or series of mounds, composed internally of stratified or semi-stratified sand and gravel (may have minor amounts of diamicton, silt, or clay), produced by subglacial, engla [..]
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A narrow long ridge like form comprised mainly of gravel and sand. These stratified glacio-fluvial deposits were formed in a stream bed flowing inside the ice of a glacier generally at the glacier bottom. The glacio- fluvial deposits were then left in place after the ice melted.
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