Ice Age Floods

GPTKB entity

Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Idaho
gptkb:Montana
gptkb:Oregon
gptkb:Pacific_Northwest
Eastern Washington
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Missoula_Floods
gptkbp:causedBy gptkb:Glacial_Lake_Missoula
ice dam failure
gptkbp:createdFeature gptkb:Channeled_Scablands
gptkb:Dry_Falls
gptkb:Lake_Lewis
gptkb:Palouse_Falls
Willamette Valley flood deposits
gptkbp:depositedMaterial silt
gravel
boulders
gptkbp:duration over 2,000 years
gptkbp:evidence flood deposits
giant current ripples
scabland topography
erratics
gptkbp:hasInterpretiveTrail gptkb:Ice_Age_Floods_National_Geologic_Trail
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ice Age Floods
gptkbp:influenced landscape of Pacific Northwest
gptkbp:influencedFormationOf gptkb:Columbia_River_Gorge
gptkb:Willamette_Valley
gptkb:Drumheller_Channels
gptkb:Frenchman_Coulee
gptkb:Portland_Basin
gptkb:Sprague_Lake
gptkb:Telford-Crab_Creek_scabland
gptkb:Soap_Lake
gptkb:Saddle_Mountains
gptkb:Wallula_Gap
gptkb:Grand_Coulee
gptkb:Lake_Roosevelt
gptkb:Lake_Lewis
gptkb:Moses_Coulee
Lake Pend Oreille
gptkbp:largestFloodVolume 2,500 cubic kilometers
gptkbp:lastOccurred about 13,000 years ago
gptkbp:maximumDepth up to 120 meters
gptkbp:maximumSpeed 10 million cubic meters per second
gptkbp:maximumWaterSpeed up to 80 km/h
gptkbp:numberOfEvents dozens
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:Pleistocene_epoch
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:J_Harlen_Bretz
gptkbp:recognizedBy geological community
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Glacial_Lake_Columbia
gptkb:Missoula_Ice_Dam
gptkb:Cordilleran_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Glacial_Lake_Missoula
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Ice_Age_Floods_National_Geologic_Trail_Act
numerous scientific studies
gptkbp:yearProposed 1923
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ice_Age_Floods_Playground
gptkb:Riverfront_Park_Ice_Age_Floods_Playground
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5