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Lake Agassiz and Lake Missoula

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Lake Agassiz and Lake Missoula

Lake Agassiz vs. Lake Missoula

Lake Agassiz was a very large glacial lake in central North America. Lake Missoula was a prehistoric proglacial lake in western Montana that existed periodically at the end of the last ice age between 15,000 and 13,000 years ago.

Similarities between Lake Agassiz and Lake Missoula

Lake Agassiz and Lake Missoula have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Glacial lake outburst flood, Ice age, List of prehistoric lakes, Proglacial lake.

Glacial lake outburst flood

A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) is a type of outburst flood that occurs when the dam containing a glacial lake fails.

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Ice age

An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.

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List of prehistoric lakes

This a partial list of prehistoric lakes.

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Proglacial lake

In geology, a proglacial lake is a lake formed either by the damming action of a moraine during the retreat of a melting glacier, a glacial ice dam, or by meltwater trapped against an ice sheet due to isostatic depression of the crust around the ice.

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Lake Agassiz and Lake Missoula Comparison

Lake Agassiz has 116 relations, while Lake Missoula has 40. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 2.56% = 4 / (116 + 40).

References

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