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New York finger lakes were formed by the same process as the Great Lakes what was the process?
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New York's finger lakes were formed by the same process as the Great Lakes . What was this process?
Movement of Tectonic Plates!
How were the Finger Lakes formed?
The Finger Lakes are a series of cirque lakes that were formed when a massive glacier literally gouged through the land at the end of the last ice age. Water collected in this area and thus the Finger Lakes were born.
Are the great lakes and finger lakes the same?
No
What were the great lakes formed by?
They were created by an ice shelf or large glacier that gouged out the lakes during the last Ice age.
How did the ice age glaciers affect physical features of north America?
Glaciers changed the face of North America with the following effects:An ice sheet covered most of Canada.The southwest received heavy rains.
Are the Great Lakes the world's largest group of freshwater lakes?
Yes. The Great Lakes are the largest body of freshwater lakes. They were formed by Glaciers that melted. The glaciers came from the north eventually melting to form the Great Lakes.
What 3 places in the us was formed by glaciers?
Glacier Bay, Great Lakes, and The Grand Canyon (idk about the Grand Canyon one but it was formed by the process of erosion so maybe)
Is Lake Erie a finger lake?
No, it is one of the five major lakes of North America, called the Great Lakes. The finger lakes of New York State are tiny lakes, by comparison, long and slender like the fingers of a hand.
Are the worlds largest group of freshwater lakes the great lakes?
Yes. The Great Lakes are the largest body of freshwater lakes. They were formed by Glaciers that melted. The glaciers came from the north eventually melting to form the Great Lakes.
What are all the great lakes in the world?
The Great Lakes were formed by glaciers from the last Ice Age about 10,000 years ago.
How did glacial ice the north America landscape?
The Great Lakes and the Finger Lakes were carved by ice glaciation in the valleys. Lakes in Minnesota and Wisconsin were gouged out by glaciers and later filled with water from melting glaciers. Niagara falls was formed when the glaciers created dams on the rivers and changed the flow.
What is a group of large North American lakes formed in a depression scoured out by glaciers?
Great lakes
