It is difficult to find an esker on a present-day landscape because

A) they were formed by glaciers only in very rare conditions.
B) they erode naturally very quickly.
C) they are usually overlain by other sediments from modern streams.
D) humans mine them as a source of gravel.


D) humans mine them as a source of gravel.

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a. true b. false

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