esker
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
/ˈɛskɚ/
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/ˈɛskɚ/ · /ˈɛskə/
Definition of esker
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.
“Another unusual ice-contact feature is an esker, a long, narrow, steep-sided ridge of glaciofluvial sand and gravel inhabiting a glaciated area. Eskers tend to follow valleys and lowlands, carefully picking a course between obstacles.”
“Another objection to the tunnel-valley interpretation comes from a comparison with eskers.[…]The esker rivers and the tunnel-channel rivers of Wisconsin therefore seem to have been the result of significantly different meltwater regimes.”
“2001, Allan D. Randall, Hydrogeologic Framework of Stratified-drift Aquifers in the Glaciated Northeastern United States, US Geological Survey Paper 1415-B, page B37, The multiple deltas must have formed sequentially, which led Thompson (1982) to conclude that the eskers were built in successive segments.”
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noun
-
A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.
“Another unusual ice-contact feature is an esker, a long, narrow, steep-sided ridge of glaciofluvial sand and gravel inhabiting a glaciated area. Eskers tend to follow valleys and lowlands, carefully picking a course between obstacles.”
“Another objection to the tunnel-valley interpretation comes from a comparison with eskers.[…]The esker rivers and the tunnel-channel rivers of Wisconsin therefore seem to have been the result of significantly different meltwater regimes.”
“2001, Allan D. Randall, Hydrogeologic Framework of Stratified-drift Aquifers in the Glaciated Northeastern United States, US Geological Survey Paper 1415-B, page B37, The multiple deltas must have formed sequentially, which led Thompson (1982) to conclude that the eskers were built in successive segments.”
name
- A surname from German.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Irish eiscir (“esker, glacial ridge”).
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