Definition of Eskers. Meaning of Eskers. Synonyms of Eskers

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Definition of Eskers

esker
Eschar Es"char, n. [Ir.] (Geol.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams. [Written also eskar and esker.]
Esker
Eskar Es"kar, or Esker Es"ker, n. (Geol.) See Eschar.

Meaning of Eskers from wikipedia

- composition and structure of an esker. Eskers may exist as a single channel, or may be part of a branching system with tributary eskers. They are not often found...
- melts the drift is exposed as long, linear ridges of gravel called eskers. Some eskers formed in the Pleistocene ice sheets are several hundred kilometers...
- The Esker Riada (Irish: Eiscir Riada) is a system of eskers that stretch across the middle of Ireland, between Dublin and Galway. The Esker Riada is a...
- River Eskers Complex. Eskers are winding ridges of gravel formed by the glaciers which once covered the British Columbia Interior. BC Parks - Eskers Provincial...
- esker is a ridge of sand and gravel. Esker may also refer to: An eschar, slough or dead tissue Esker, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran Esker,...
- Esker Fax is a Windows server-based fax server solution, that allows fax processing transmission and reception from both desktop clients, and host applications...
- Esker Friary was a monastery established by the Dominican FriarsRegular Observance. It was founded originally after 1622, on a site granted by Ulick...
- The Pyynikki Esker (or the Pyynikki Ridge; Finnish: Pyynikinharju) is the tallest longitudinal esker in the world, located in Pyynikki, Tampere, Finland...
- Ti****e Esker is one of the few extant eskers in County Laois that was not extensively quarried for sand and gravel. Only two of the five esker high ridge...
- Service. Richmond Esker was legally protected as a national nature reserve by the Irish government in 1985. Richmond Esker, with Ti****e Esker, is one of only...