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What does esker mean?

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Noun
  1. A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.
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Known denning areas should be avoided when planning development on or near an esker.
I often saw Father Callaghan in esker and the people brought to him in carts.
This valley was followed from Thonokied Lake to Lac de Gras and the heightof-land was observed where the esker cuts across the valley.
Late this afternoon, I followed a dry esker, dropped down the ridge and walked right beside a bear den.
Locally, thin sheets of gravel may extend the esker aquifer laterally to include aquifers at the contact between sediment and bedrock.
Visitors can also retrace the steps of Samuel Hearne by climbing the esker that was his vantage point on Shethanei Lake.

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