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What is an Eskers?

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They are formed by streams that deposited minerals that flowed on top of glaciers, inside the cracks of glaciers, and in tunnels below glaciers

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Eskers are long ridges of gravel or sand deposited by a stream that flows in a tunnel under a melting glacier.

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