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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. They are most often formed by the deposition of sediment at the bottom of ice-walled channels within or beneath a former…

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Esker

Nodes88
Edges87
Triples68
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022727
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related to Europe · 18
Esker → Aberdeenshire, Bedshiel Kaims, Finland, Finnish Lakeland, In Berwickshire, In Sweden, Kemb Hills, Kemnay, Nyköping, Pispala's Pyynikki Esker, Punkaharju, River Tweed, Scotland, Siljan, Tampere, The Badelundaåsen, Uppsala, Uppsalaåsen
related to North America · 14
Esker → DeWitt, Great Esker Park, Holt, Lansing, Lower Peninsula, Mason, Mason Esker, Massachusetts, Michigan, North America, The, There, Weymouth, Weymouth Back River
related to External links · 11
Esker → Deposition, Geologic SurveyThe Bridgenorth Esker, Ice Age, MaineEsker Riada Webpage Archived, Oblique, PA DCNR Bureau, Pennsylvania, The Ice Melts, Topographic, Waterford, Wayback MachineDiagram
related to Etymology · 9
Esker → Dublin, Eiscir Riada, Galway, Ireland, Irish, Old Irish, Swedish, The, The Irish
see also · 7
Esker → British ColumbiaGlacial, Eskers Provincial Park, Geomorphology, Glacial-formed, Landform, Mound, Provincial
related to Geology · 4
Esker → After, Eskers, Most, They
related to Ecology · 3
Esker → Canada, Eskers, Several

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eskers long sediment ice glacier mi km may ridge form former examples glaciers within ridges channel north america glacial tunnel

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valleys or river bedsinstance ofthe pressure of the ice is at such a point that it allows eskers to run in the direction of glacial flow but forces them into the lowest points0.80text
which may deviate from the direct path of the glacierinstance ofthe pressure of the ice is at such a point that it allows eskers to run in the direction of glacial flow but forces them into the lowest points0.80text
Eskerrelated to EcologyEskers0.60section
Eskerrelated to EcologyCanada0.60section
Eskerrelated to EcologySeveral0.60section
Eskerrelated to EtymologyThe0.60section
Eskerrelated to EtymologyIrish0.60section
Eskerrelated to EtymologyOld Irish0.60section
Eskerrelated to EtymologyThe Irish0.60section
Eskerrelated to EtymologyEiscir Riada0.60section
Eskerrelated to EtymologyIreland0.60section
Eskerrelated to EtymologyDublin0.60section

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