1) Geological ridge 2) Glacial creation 3) Glacial deposit 4) Glacial ridge 5) Glacial soil deposit 6) Glacial-stream deposit 7) Gravel ridge 8) Gravel ridge in a glacier 9) Gravelly glacial ridge 10) Gravelly ridge 11) Highlands ridge 12) Long ridge of sand 13) Mound of gravel 14) Narrow ridge of sand
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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. ==Geology== Most eskers are argued to have formed within...
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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 miles in length and, because of their peculiar uniform shape, somewhat resemble railroad embankments.
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ridge of sandy soil
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• (n.) See Eschar.
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a long, narrow, winding ridge composed of stratified sand and gravel deposited by a subglacial or englacial meltwater stream. Eskers may range from ... [4 related articles]
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Glacial deposits such as sand and gravel
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A ridge of sediment that forms under a glacier's zone of ablation, made up of sand and gravel deposited by meltwater. An esker may be less than 100 meters or more than 500 kilometers long, and may be anywhere from 3 to over 300 meters high.
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A long winding ridge of sorted sands and gravel. Thought to be formed from sediment deposited by a s
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A long, narrow, sinuous ridge of stratified glacial drift deposited by a stream flowing beneath a glacier in a tunnel or in a subglacial stream bed.
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Glacial deposits such as sand and gravel
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Long twisting ridges of sand and gravel found on the Earth's surface. Created when the deposits of subsurface glacial streams are placed on the ground after glacial melting.
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A ridge of glacial sediment deposited by a stream flowing in and under a melting glacier.
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(from eiscir) an elongated mound of post-glacial gravel, usually along a river valley (OED).
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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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n. A ridge of glacial sediment deposited by a stream flowing in and under a melting glacier.
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a sinuous ridge of sedimentary material (typically gravel or sand) deposited by streams that cut channels under or through the glacier ice.
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A sinuously curving, narrow deposit of coarse gravel that forms along a meltwater stream channel, developing in a tunnel within or beneath the glacier. The ice-contact margins of the esker are often slumped and mixed with till.
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noun (geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets
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Narrow, steep-walled ridge, often meandering, found in formerly glaciated areas. It was originally formed beneath a glacier. It is made of sands and gravels, and represents the course of a river channel beneath the glacier. Eskers vary in height from 3 to 30 m/10 to 100 ft and can be up to 160 km/100 mi or so in length. Eskers are often...
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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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a serpentine ridge of gravelly and sandy drift, believed to have been formed by streams under or in glacial ice.
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