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The backed-up river formed an enormous lake, called Glacial Lake Missoula, which held over 500 cubic miles of water -- more than is held by Lakes Erie and Ontario combined.
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This formed Glacial Lake Missoula, one of the largest freshwater bodies ever to collect in the western part of the continent.
The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981
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Glacial Lake Missoula formed behind a miles-long dam of ice across what is now the valley of the Clark Fork and Pend Oreille rivers running from Montana to northeast Washington.
Signs of the Times 2010
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Glacial Lake Missoula formed behind a miles-long dam of ice across what is now the valley of the Clark Fork and Pend Oreille rivers running from Montana to northeast Washington.
Signs of the Times 2010
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Glacial Lake Missoula formed behind a miles-long dam of ice across what is now the valley of the Clark Fork and Pend Oreille rivers running from Montana to northeast Washington.
Signs of the Times 2010
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The largest known fresh-water flood, at about 17 million cubic meters per second, originated in Glacial Lake Missoula in Montana and was one of a series of cataclysmic floods that formed the Channeled Scablands of eastern Washington.
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Other noted geologists, including Joseph Pardee, discoverer of Glacial Lake Missoula, subsequently added critical information from their own scientific investigations that supported the claim these great floods occurred.
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At its largest, Glacial Lake Missoula, as it was known, was more than 2,000 feet deep and held more than 500 cubic miles of water.
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At its largest, Glacial Lake Missoula, as it was known, was more than 2,000 feet deep and held more than 500 cubic miles of water.
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