Glaciers were once present in Minnesota thousands of years ago, and as they retreated, they left behind large amounts of glacial meltwater and various landforms still present to this day. A glacier is a massive piece of ice that completely destroys everything in its path. A glacier is formed when snow is present in a location for a long period of time, long enough to freeze all together to be conjoined into a massive chunk of ice. Glaciers are usually formed on a high elevation location. When on top of a location very high, glaciers glide across the ground making glaciers moving. Glaciers are responsible for many landforms. They can construct kettle lakes, drumlins, eskers, and many more. Glaciers can be destructive, while moving glaciers can take along many things with them including: trees, rocks, and many more.
The Wisconsin Glaciation stretched as far down to Des Moines, Iowa. To get to Iowa you have to pass through Minnesota. The last advance of the Wisconsin Glaciation to reach Minnesota began around 75,000 years ago. The Glacier was advancing until the Glacier retreated and left Minnesota about 21,000 to 25,000 years ago. The glacier had all melted in Minnesota about 11,000 years ago. Central Minnesota and southeast …show more content…
When glaciers leave behind new landforms and the glacier begins to melt, the water find a way into those new landforms caused by the glaciers to create a glacial lake. There were many glacial lakes formed by the Wisconsin Glaciation, there were only seven major lakes. The largest glacial lake of them all, was Lake Agassiz which is all drained now due to the Glacial River Warren. Lake Agassiz had a greater surface area of all of the Great Lakes combined. Lake Agassiz was located near modern day Fargo, North Dakota, or also northwestern Minnesota. The Glacial River warren had weathered down its path to create valleys for the Minnesota
The Wisconsin Glaciation stretched as far down to Des Moines, Iowa. To get to Iowa you have to pass through Minnesota. The last advance of the Wisconsin Glaciation to reach Minnesota began around 75,000 years ago. The Glacier was advancing until the Glacier retreated and left Minnesota about 21,000 to 25,000 years ago. The glacier had all melted in Minnesota about 11,000 years ago. Central Minnesota and southeast …show more content…
When glaciers leave behind new landforms and the glacier begins to melt, the water find a way into those new landforms caused by the glaciers to create a glacial lake. There were many glacial lakes formed by the Wisconsin Glaciation, there were only seven major lakes. The largest glacial lake of them all, was Lake Agassiz which is all drained now due to the Glacial River Warren. Lake Agassiz had a greater surface area of all of the Great Lakes combined. Lake Agassiz was located near modern day Fargo, North Dakota, or also northwestern Minnesota. The Glacial River warren had weathered down its path to create valleys for the Minnesota