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What (who) is esker - definition

LONG, WINDING RIDGE OF STRATIFIED SAND AND GRAVEL
Eskers; Osar; Serpent kame
  • Aerial view of a partially drowned esker at [[Billudden]] in northern [[Uppland]], Sweden. The shape is modified by coastal processes.
  • Portions of the [[Denali Highway]] in [[Alaska]] are built on eskers
  • Esker in [[Sims Corner Eskers and Kames]] National Natural Landmark, Washington, US. (Trees at the edge of the esker and the single lane road crossing the esker to the right of the photo provide scale.)
  • Esker used as a hiking path
  • Esker at [[Fulufjället]], western Sweden
  • A part of the Mason Esker
  • Mount Pelly or Ovayok

esker         
['?sk?]
¦ noun Geology a long winding ridge of gravel and other sediment, deposited by meltwater from a retreating glacier or ice sheet.
Origin
C19: from Ir. eiscir.
Esker         
·noun ·see Eschar.
Esker         
An esker, eskar, eschar, or os, sometimes called an asar, osar, or serpent kame,Collins English Dictionary 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 uniform shape, look like railway embankments.

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Esker

An esker, eskar, eschar, or os, sometimes called an asar, osar, or serpent kame, 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 uniform shape, look like railway embankments.