![Why is it that generally lateral and medial moraines get washed away after a glacier melts, yet eskers do not? - AntarcticGlaciers.org Why is it that generally lateral and medial moraines get washed away after a glacier melts, yet eskers do not? - AntarcticGlaciers.org](https://www.antarcticglaciers.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Lateral_moraine_upper_reaches_of_Glen_Isla._-_geograph.org_.uk_-_408147.jpg)
Why is it that generally lateral and medial moraines get washed away after a glacier melts, yet eskers do not? - AntarcticGlaciers.org
![A variety of landforms are associated with melt water from glaciers, including Outwash plains or Sandur, Varves, Braided Streams, Eskers, Kames and Kame terraces, Kettle holes and proglacial lakes. A variety of landforms are associated with melt water from glaciers, including Outwash plains or Sandur, Varves, Braided Streams, Eskers, Kames and Kame terraces, Kettle holes and proglacial lakes.](https://www.coolgeography.co.uk/A-level/AQA/Year%2012/Cold%20environs/Fluvioglacial/Group_of_eskers_Atlin_BC.jpg)
A variety of landforms are associated with melt water from glaciers, including Outwash plains or Sandur, Varves, Braided Streams, Eskers, Kames and Kame terraces, Kettle holes and proglacial lakes.
![A variety of landforms are associated with melt water from glaciers, including Outwash plains or Sandur, Varves, Braided Streams, Eskers, Kames and Kame terraces, Kettle holes and proglacial lakes. A variety of landforms are associated with melt water from glaciers, including Outwash plains or Sandur, Varves, Braided Streams, Eskers, Kames and Kame terraces, Kettle holes and proglacial lakes.](https://www.coolgeography.co.uk/A-level/AQA/Year%2012/Cold%20environs/Fluvioglacial/Esker.jpg)
A variety of landforms are associated with melt water from glaciers, including Outwash plains or Sandur, Varves, Braided Streams, Eskers, Kames and Kame terraces, Kettle holes and proglacial lakes.
![A variety of landforms are associated with melt water from glaciers, including Outwash plains or Sandur, Varves, Braided Streams, Eskers, Kames and Kame terraces, Kettle holes and proglacial lakes. A variety of landforms are associated with melt water from glaciers, including Outwash plains or Sandur, Varves, Braided Streams, Eskers, Kames and Kame terraces, Kettle holes and proglacial lakes.](https://www.coolgeography.co.uk/A-level/AQA/Year%2012/Cold%20environs/Fluvioglacial/Eskers_Characteristics_Arrow_Hills.jpg)