Kankakee Torrent
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The Kankakee Torrent was a catastrophic series of floods that occurred about 19,000 calibrated years ago in the Midwestern United States. It resulted from a breach of moraines forming a large glacial
Sandstone cliff at Starved Rock State Park, carved by the force of the Kankakee Torrent some 19,000 years ago
Michigan ice lobe at the Valparaiso Moraine location during the Pleistocene Ice Age. (Leverett, 1899, U.S. Geological Survey)
Designed from 1942 - Illinois Glacial Lakes by George, E. Eckblaw
Wisconsin glaciation
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The Wisconsin glaciation, also called the Wisconsin glacial episode, was the most recent glacial period of the North American ice sheet complex, peaking more than 20,000 years ago. This advance includ
Kankakee Torrent
…calibrated years ago in the Midwestern United States. It resulted from a breach of moraines forming a large glacial lake fed by the melting of the Late Wisconsin Laurentide Ice Sheet. The point of origin of the flood was Lake Chicago. The landscape south of Chicago still shows the effects of the torrent…
The Last Glacial Period caused a much lower global sea level
A diagram of the formation of the Great Lakes