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The last glacial maximum was about 21,000 years ago.
20,000 years ago.- APEX :)
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The last ice age peaked around 20,000 years ago. It was a period of extensive glaciation when large portions of Earth's surface were covered in ice sheets.
During the peak of the last ice age, approximately 30% of Earth's surface was covered by glaciers. These glaciers were part of massive ice sheets that extended over North America, Europe, and Asia.
During the peak of the most recent ice age, parts of Africa, Australia, and Central America were not covered by ice sheets. These regions remained mostly ice-free due to their lower latitudes and warmer climates.
The last ice age ended 100 000 years ago.
No. The last ice age was triggered by fluctuations in Earth's orbit.
The last ice age, known as the Great Ice Age or the Pleistocene Epoch, lasted from about 2.6 million years ago to around 11,700 years ago. So, it has been approximately 11,700 years since the last ice age ended.
During the Last Glacial Maximum, an ice sheet covered most of North America from Texas to Alaska. This ice sheet was part of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, which extended over much of Canada and parts of the northern United States during the peak of the last ice age.
The last glacial period is sometimes colloquially referred to as the 'last ice age'. But the use of 'ice age' is incorrect. Glacials, on the other hand, refer to colder phases within an ice age that separate interglacials. The end of the last glacial period is not the end of the last ice age. The end of the last glacial period was about 10,500 BCE, while the end of the last ice age has not yet come.
The Great Lakes were created by glaciers in the last ice age.