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How do geologists believe the great lakes were formed?
Geologists believe the Great Lakes were carved from glaciers that crossed over the area thousands of years ago.
What is the name of the western New York lakes that were carved by glaciers?
the Finger Lakes
What carved out the lakes in NY state?
Glaciers.
What carved out many of Canada lakes?
Glaciers.
Does the Canadian shield have hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers?
yes, it does
How have glaciers played a role in the formation of some lakes?
they carved them out
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.
Did Canada and the US make the Great lakes?
Land features, expecially the size of the great lakes, are generally formed by natural processes. In the case of the great lakes, they were formed by huge glaciers moving southward. Each lake represents where a glacier stopped moving. When the glacier melted away, there was a deep and wide hole left where its immense weight had carved into the Earth, and the melt water filled the hole.
What are the four largest lakes in the country?
The Great Lakes
What well known Landscapes have been carved by Glaciers?
The Swiss Alps The Great Lakes of North America Yosmite Valley Tibet Nepal Bhutan in Asia Fjords of Norway
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.
In 1713 France owned land around what lakes?
Great Lakes
