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The best example of this is Lake Superior. Where the other Great Lakes were formed by erosion and the retreat of the glacial sheet. Lake Superior, however, is the remains of a rift valley that began forming about 1 million years ago from the Mid-Continental Rift.

See the Superior Facts on the link to The Minnesota Sea Grant below.

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