Lake Agassiz

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lake_Agassiz

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	prehistoric lake
gptkbp:causedBy	gptkb:8.2_kiloyear_event gptkb:Younger_Dryas_cold_period
gptkbp:discoveredBy	gptkb:Warren_Upham
gptkbp:drainedBy	gptkb:Arctic_Ocean gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean gptkb:Gulf_of_Mexico gptkb:Hudson_Bay
gptkbp:existedApproximately	13,000 to 8,200 years ago
gptkbp:existedDuring	gptkb:late_Pleistocene_epoch
gptkbp:firstDescribed	1879
gptkbp:formedBy	melting of Laurentide Ice Sheet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Lake Agassiz
gptkbp:includedPresentDay	gptkb:Alberta gptkb:Manitoba gptkb:Minnesota gptkb:Montana gptkb:North_Dakota gptkb:Ontario gptkb:Saskatchewan gptkb:South_Dakota
gptkbp:influenced	global climate
gptkbp:location	gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:maximumLength	440,000 square kilometers
gptkbp:maximumVolume	163,000 cubic kilometers
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Louis_Agassiz
gptkbp:outflow	gptkb:Assiniboine_River gptkb:Lake_Winnipeg gptkb:Minnesota_River gptkb:Red_River gptkb:Missoula_Floods gptkb:Sheyenne_River gptkb:Souris_River gptkb:Lake_Traverse gptkb:Nelson_River gptkb:Glacial_River_Agassiz gptkb:Glacial_River_Warren catastrophic floods
gptkbp:remnants	gptkb:Lake_Cedar gptkb:Lake_Manitoba gptkb:Lake_Superior gptkb:Lake_Winnipeg gptkb:Lake_Winnipegosis gptkb:Lake_of_the_Woods gptkb:Lake_Nipigon gptkb:Lake_Rainy
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Agassiz
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5