The deposition of a long, winding ridge of sand and gravel by a river of meltwater flowing within or beneath a glacier, which leaves the sediment-filled channel standing as a raised landform once the surrounding ice melts away. Eskers can extend for many kilometres and trace the former path of subglacial drainage.
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1. Esker - Wikipedia
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Most eskers are argued to have formed within ice-walled tunnels by streams that flowed within and under glaciers.
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