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Lake Agassiz (Paleogeography 🦕)
Lake Agassiz was a large proglacial lake that existed in central North America during the late Pleistocene, fed by meltwater from the retreating Laurentide Ice Sheet at the end of the last glacial period. At its peak, the lake's area was larger than all of the modern Great Lakes combined. It eventually drained into what is now Hud...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Agassiz
#LakeAgassiz #Megafloods #YoungerDryas #ShrunkenLakes #LakesOfOntario #Paleogeography
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Lake Souris (Paleogeography 🦕)
The Glacial Lake Souris occupied the basin of the Souris River from the most southern portion of this river's loop in North Dakota to its elbow in Manitoba, where it turned sharply northward and passed through the Tiger Hills. The length of Lake Souris was about 170 miles, from latitude 48° to latitude 50°35', and its maxi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Souris
#LakeSouris #SourisRiver #ShrunkenLakes #Paleogeography #GeologyOfManitoba #GeologyOfNorthDakota