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/ˈɛskɚ/ · noun
A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier..
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.
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.
Use esker when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Esker means A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier..
Common synonyms include osar, asar, os, ose.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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