different between moraine vs esker

English

Etymology

From French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum. Compare morion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m???e?n/, /m???e?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /m???e?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Hyphenation: mo?raine

Noun

moraine (plural moraines)

1. (geology) An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.
   • 1896, James Edward Todd, The Moraines of the Missouri Coteau, and Their Attendant Deposits, US Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 144, page 47,

     This fact is suggestive in connection with the question whether the moraines mark different epochs of the ice age or different stages in the recession of the ice of one epoch.

     This moraine, like the previous ones, influenced the drainage of the country. Several streams have evidently been located or directed by the influence of this moraine.

   • 1959, Robert David Miller, Ernest Dobrovolny, Surficial Geology of Anchorage and Vicinity, Alaska, US Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 1093, page 61,

     Whether this advance beyond the Elmendorf Moraine is a pre-Naptowne Wisconsin or is merely a fluctuation of the Naptowne glacier that deposited the end moraine is unclear.

   • 1997, Robert Phillip Sharp, Allen F. Glazner, Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley, Mountain Press Publishing, page 241,

     Moraines that originate along the lateral margins of an ice stream are naturally called lateral moraines. Many lateral moraines perch high on the walls of glaciated valleys.

Derived terms

• ground moraine (“moraine found at the base of a glacier”)
• lateral moraine (“moraine of eroded debris carried along the glacier’s edge”)
• medial moraine (“moraine where two glaciers meet”)
• push moraine, pushed moraine (“moraine of unstratified glacial sediment pushed by the terminus of a lowland glacier into a pile or linear ridge”)
• terminal moraine, end moraine (“moraine of rubble dropped at the foot of a melting glacier”)

Translations

Anagrams

• moanier, romaine

French

Etymology

From Savoyard Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.??n/

Noun

moraine f (plural moraines)

1. moraine

Further reading

• “moraine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• romaine, Romaine

English

Alternative forms

• eskar

Etymology

From Irish eiscir (“esker, glacial ridge”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??sk?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??sk?/

Noun

esker (plural eskers)

1. A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.
   • 1999, L. Clayton, J. W. Attig, D. M. Mickelson, Tunnel channels formed in Wisconsin during the last glaciation, David M. Mickelson, John W. Attig (editors), Glacial Processes, Past and Present, page 77,

     Another objection to the tunnel-valley interpretation comes from a comparison with eskers. […] The esker rivers and the tunnel-channel rivers of Wisconsin therefore seem to have been the result of significantly different meltwater regimes.

   • 2001, Allan D. Randall, Hydrogeologic Framework of Stratified-drift Aquifers in the Glaciated Northeastern United States, US Geological Survey Paper 1415-B, page B37,

     The multiple deltas must have formed sequentially, which led Thompson (1982) to conclude that the eskers were built in successive segments.

Synonyms

• osar, asar
• os

Translations

Anagrams

• Keres, krees, reeks, reesk, skeer

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es?.ker/

Noun

esker inan

1. gratitude, thankfulness
2. benefit
3. merit

Declension

Derived terms

• eskerrik asko
• mila esker

Postposition

esker (+ dative case)

1. thanks to, owing to

Further reading

• “esker” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “esker” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

esker m or f

1. indefinite plural of eske

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

esker f

1. indefinite plural of eske

Spanish

Noun

esker m (plural eskeres)

1. esker

Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s?k??]
• Hyphenation: es?ker

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (?askar, “army”), from Persian ????? (laškar, “army”).

Noun

esker m

1. soldier

Derived terms

• eskeriye

See also

• espar