Glossary:Esker

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[edit] Esker

Long, sinuous, sometimes discontinuous, ridges of sand and gravel deposited from glacial meltwaters in channels within, under, or on top of glaciers

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Adapted from: Summerfield, M. A. (1991) Global geomorphology. New York: Longman Scientific Ltd.


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