• Glacial River Warren, also known as River Warren, was a prehistoric river that drained Lake Agassiz in central North America between about 13,500 and...
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    through the Traverse Gap into Glacial River Warren (parent to the Minnesota River, a tributary of the Mississippi River), east through Lake Kelvin (modern...
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    Minnesota River flows in is up to five miles (8 km) wide and 250 feet (80 m) deep. It was carved into the landscape by the massive glacial River Warren between...
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  • join the main river, a phenomenon known as hanging tributaries. Glacial River Warren drained Lake Agassiz in central North America through a series of...
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    400 years ago. The great river was named Glacial River Warren in his honor after his death. At the start of the war, Warren was a first lieutenant and...
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    valley in the southeastern Minnesota. The river that drained from Lake Agassiz is called the Glacial River Warren. It flowed over the top of a recessional...
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    both lakes, and the river lie in the Traverse Gap, the bed of ancient, south-flowing Glacial River Warren, the outlet to Glacial Lake Agassiz which, when...
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    Moraine by Glacial River Warren, an enormous stream which carved the valley of the Minnesota River as well as that of the Upper Mississippi River below the...
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    The River Warren Falls was a massive waterfall on the glacial River Warren initially located in present-day Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The waterfall...
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    followed the valley of the Mohawk River to the Hudson River. The lake was fed by Early Lake Erie, as well as Glacial Lake Algonquin, an early partial manifestation...
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    include the Wisconsin River, which drained Glacial Lake Wisconsin, and Glacial River Warren (whose bed is occupied by the Minnesota River), which drained the...
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    across the Traverse Gap into Glacial River Warren; that river carved the valley now occupied by the present-day Minnesota River. The town of Browns Valley...
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    outlet in glacial River Warren, which drained south across the Traverse Gap through the valleys now occupied by the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. Eventually...
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    cascaded Glacial River Warren. This great river not only created the gap, it also cut the valleys of the present-day Minnesota and Upper Mississippi Rivers. River...
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    lake's outflow, the Glacial River Warren, carved the valley of the Minnesota River, and its bed became the fertile lands of the Red River valley. Minnesota...
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    Glacial River Warren drained Glacial Lake Agassiz during the Wisconsinian glaciation; the now mild Minnesota River flows through its bed. This river seasonally...
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    portion of the now-extinct Glacial River Warren which carved the valley of the Minnesota River, permitting the immense Glacial Lake Agassiz to join the...
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    Lake Pepin (category Lakes of the Mississippi River)
    Mississippi River on the border between the U.S. states of Minnesota and Wisconsin. It is located in a valley carved by the outflow of an enormous glacial lake...
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    flatbed now is the fertile Red River valley, and its outflow, glacial River Warren, carved the valley of the Minnesota River and the Upper Mississippi downstream...
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    Chapter XIX, Glacial Lake Warren; Frank B. Taylor; Glacial Formations and Drainage Features Erie and Ohio Basins; Chapter XIX, Glacial Lake Warren; Frank B...
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    663–673. Matsch, C.L., 1983, River Warren, the southern outlet of Glacial Lake Agassiz, in Teller, J.T., and Lee, Clayton, Glacial Lake Agassiz: Geological...
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    Ice age (redirect from Glacial Epoch)
    pulses of cold climate within an ice age are termed glacial periods (glacials, glaciations, glacial stages, stadials, stades, or colloquially, ice ages)...
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    Saint Anthony Falls (category National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi National River and Recreation Area)
    of the glacial River Warren (at present-day Fort Snelling). Estimates are that the falls were about 180 feet (55 m) high when the River Warren Falls receded...
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    ago, the Glacial River Warren flowed through the area and left deposits of clay, sand, gravel, and fine silt soils as well as the Minnesota River. Carver...
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    Minneapolis (category Minnesota populated places on the Mississippi River)
    Agassiz fed the Glacial River Warren, which created a large waterfall that eroded upriver past the confluence of the Mississippi River, where it left a...
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    along the Minnesota River, a major tributary of the Mississippi River, and flowed down a wide valley carved by the Glacial River Warren, when it emptied...
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  • forming the Glacial River Warren, it carved out the Minnesota River Valley. This powerful flow washed away hundreds of feet of glacial deposits and exposed...
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    Minnehaha Park (Minneapolis) (category National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi National River and Recreation Area)
    located several miles downstream on the Mississippi River at the confluence of the glacial River Warren (at present-day Ft. Snelling). Geologically, the...
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    Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved August 22, 2010. "Glacial Lakes State Park". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved...
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    Big Stone Lake (category Minnesota River)
    when glacial Lake Agassiz drained through the gap into Glacial River Warren. The valley of that river now holds Big Stone Lake. The lake is shown on the 1757...
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