Lake Agassiz (/ˈæɡəsi/ AG-ə-see) was a large proglacial lake that existed in central North America during the late Pleistocene, fed by meltwater from the...
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During its existence, Lake Agassiz may have been the largest freshwater lake to ever have existed. The lakebed composed of lake muds and silts is one...
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Warren, the southern outlet of Glacial Lake Agassiz, in Teller, J.T., and Lee, Clayton, Glacial Lake Agassiz: Geological Association of Canada Special...
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deposits. As the last ice age was ending, Lake Nipigon was, at times, part of the drainage path for Lake Agassiz. The French Jesuit Claude Allouez celebrated...
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Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (/ˈæɡəsi/ AG-ə-see; French: [aɡasi]) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist...
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Champlain Sea Lake Agassiz Lake Chicago Lake Maumee Last glacial maximum Midcontinent Rift System Niagara Escarpment Nipissing Great Lakes List of prehistoric...
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farms, which concentrated on wheat commodity crops. Paleogeographic Lake Agassiz laid down the Red River Valley Silts. The valley was long an area of...
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Agassiz (1871–1933), polo champion, son of Alexander Graham Agassiz (born 1990), Canadian mountain biker Lake Agassiz, a prehistoric glacial lake Agassiz...
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freshwater lake. "Lake McConnell (or its smaller predecessor, Lake Peace) is believed to have drained first into Lake Agassiz", an even larger lake to the...
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population was 104 at the 2000 census. Agassiz Township was organized in 1887, and named after the prehistoric Lake Agassiz. According to the United States Census...
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