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  1. Agassiz (jezero) (Glaciologie 🗻)

    Agassiz bylo obrovské sladkovodní proglaciální jezero, které existovalo v pozdním pleistocénu v centrální části Severní Ameriky. Vzniklo na čele ustupujícího Laurentidského ledového štítu a v různých fázích trvalo zhruba mezi 12 900 a 8 200 lety před současností. V době maximální rozlohy pokrývalo až 440 000 km², tedy ...

    cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agassiz_

    #Agassiz #Glaciologie #PovodiNelsonu #ZaniklaJezera #PovodiMississippi #PrirodopisneDejinyUsa

  2. was an immense proglacial lake in central North America formed by meltwater from the retreating Laurentide Ice Sheet at the end of the last glacial period, reaching a size at its peak that exceeded all of the modern Great Lakes combined.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Aga

  3. Today motherfucking years old when I learned that Louis #Agassiz, the celebrated founder of glacial #geology, the namesake of the glorious "Glacial Lake *name redacted*" was a scientific racism scumbag who spent decades promoting "#polygeneism", which claimed human races evolved separately in different regions and were even different species.
    How has his name remained on some of our most important geologic features?
    How was it put there in the first place?
    #GlacialLakeAgassiz