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Proglacial lakes of Minnesota

Index Proglacial lakes of Minnesota

The proglacial lakes of Minnesota were lakes created in what is now the U.S. state of Minnesota in central North America in the waning years of the last glacial period. [1]

46 relations: Aitkin, Minnesota, Bois Brule River, Browns Valley, Minnesota, Drainage basin, Geology of Minnesota, Glacial history of Minnesota, Glacial River Warren, Glacier terminus, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Grantsburg, Wisconsin, Great Lakes, Kettle River (St. Croix River), Lake, Lake Agassiz, Lake Duluth, Lake of the Woods, Lake Superior, Last glacial period, Laurentian Divide, Laurentide Ice Sheet, Manitoba, Mankato, Minnesota, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio, Minnesota River, Mississippi River, Moraine, Nemadji River, North America, North Dakota, Ontario, Peat, Proglacial lakes of Minnesota, Rainy River (Minnesota–Ontario), Red Lake (Minnesota), Red River Valley, Saint Lawrence River, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, St. Cloud, Minnesota, St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota), Traverse Gap, U.S. state, University of Minnesota Duluth, Upper Mississippi River, Wisconsin glaciation.

Aitkin, Minnesota

Aitkin is a city in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States.

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Bois Brule River

The Bois Brule River (most often referred to as the Brule River) is located in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States, near the county's eastern border with Bayfield County.

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Browns Valley, Minnesota

Browns Valley is a city in Traverse County, Minnesota, United States, adjacent to the South Dakota border.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.

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Geology of Minnesota

The geology of Minnesota comprises the rock, minerals, and soils of the U.S. state of Minnesota, including their formation, development, distribution, and condition.

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Glacial history of Minnesota

The glacial history of Minnesota is most defined since the onset of the last glacial period, which ended some 10,000 years ago.

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Glacial River Warren

Glacial River Warren or River Warren was a prehistoric river that drained Lake Agassiz in central North America between 11,700 and 9,400 years ago.

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Glacier terminus

A glacier terminus, toe, or snout, is the end of a glacier at any given point in time.

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Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Grand Rapids is a city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States.

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Grantsburg, Wisconsin

Grantsburg is a village in Burnett County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

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Great Lakes

The Great Lakes (les Grands-Lacs), also called the Laurentian Great Lakes and the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of interconnected freshwater lakes located primarily in the upper mid-east region of North America, on the Canada–United States border, which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence River.

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Kettle River (St. Croix River)

The Kettle is an U.S. Geological Survey.

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Lake

A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake.

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Lake Agassiz

Lake Agassiz was a very large glacial lake in central North America.

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Lake Duluth

Lake Duluth was a proglacial lake that formed in the Lake Superior drainage basin as the Laurentide ice sheet retreated.

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Lake of the Woods

Lake of the Woods (lac des Bois) is a lake occupying parts of the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba and the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Lake Superior

Lake Superior (Lac Supérieur; ᑭᑦᒉᐁ-ᑲᒣᐁ, Gitchi-Gami) is the largest of the Great Lakes of North America.

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Last glacial period

The last glacial period occurred from the end of the Eemian interglacial to the end of the Younger Dryas, encompassing the period years ago.

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Laurentian Divide

The Laurentian Divide is a continental divide in North America dividing the direction of water flow in eastern and southern Canada from that of the northern Midwestern United States.

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Laurentide Ice Sheet

The Laurentide Ice Sheet was a massive sheet of ice that covered millions of square kilometers, including most of Canada and a large portion of the northern United States, multiple times during the Quaternary glacial epochs— from 2.588 ± 0.005 million years ago to the present.

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Manitoba

Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of Canada.

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Mankato, Minnesota

Mankato is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the state of Minnesota.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States.

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Minnesota Public Radio

Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), is a public radio network for the state of Minnesota.

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Minnesota River

The Minnesota River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 332 miles (534 km) long, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

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Moraine

A moraine is any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris (regolith and rock) that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions on Earth (i.e. a past glacial maximum), through geomorphological processes.

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Nemadji River

The Nemadji River is a river rising in Pine County, Minnesota, United States, which flows through Carlton County, Minnesota, and Douglas County, Wisconsin, to Lake Superior.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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North Dakota

North Dakota is a U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States.

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Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

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Peat

Peat, also called turf, is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter that is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs.

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Proglacial lakes of Minnesota

The proglacial lakes of Minnesota were lakes created in what is now the U.S. state of Minnesota in central North America in the waning years of the last glacial period.

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Rainy River (Minnesota–Ontario)

The Rainy River (French: Rivière à la Pluie; Ojibwe: Gojiji-ziibi) is a river, approximately long, which forms part of the Canada–United States border separating northern Minnesota and Northwestern Ontario.

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Red Lake (Minnesota)

Red Lake (translated from the Ojibwe language Miskwaagamiiwi-zaaga'igan: Lake with its liquid be colored red) is a lake in Beltrami County in northern Minnesota.

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Red River Valley

The Red River Valley is a region in central North America that is drained by the Red River of the North; it is part of both Canada and the United States.

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Saint Lawrence River

The Saint Lawrence River (Fleuve Saint-Laurent; Tuscarora: Kahnawáʼkye; Mohawk: Kaniatarowanenneh, meaning "big waterway") is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America.

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Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie and boreal province in western Canada, the only province without natural borders.

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South Dakota

South Dakota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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St. Cloud, Minnesota

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St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota)

The St.

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Traverse Gap

The Traverse Gap is an ancient river channel occupied by Lake Traverse, Big Stone Lake and the valley connecting them at Browns Valley, Minnesota.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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University of Minnesota Duluth

The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) is a regional branch of the University of Minnesota system located in Duluth, Minnesota, United States.

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Upper Mississippi River

The Upper Mississippi River is the portion of the Mississippi River upstream of Cairo, Illinois, United States.

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Wisconsin glaciation

The Wisconsin Glacial Episode, also called the Wisconsinan glaciation, was the most recent glacial period of the North American ice sheet complex.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proglacial_lakes_of_Minnesota

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