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Moraine vs Esker - What's the difference?

moraine | esker |

As nouns the difference between moraine and esker

is that moraine is an accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier while esker is a long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.

moraine

English

(wikipedia moraine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.

    • Derived terms

    * ground moraine: Moraine found at the base of a glacier. * lateral moraine: When eroded debris is carried along the glacier’s edge. * terminal moraine: Rubble dropped at the foot of a melting glacier.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    esker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.

    • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

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