Lake Missoula

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lake_Missoula
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:lake
gptkbp:causedBy Glacial damming
gptkbp:dammedBy gptkb:Cordilleran_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:J_Harlen_Bretz
gptkbp:drainedBy gptkb:Columbia_River
gptkbp:evidence gptkb:Channeled_Scablands
gptkbp:floodsCreated gptkb:Lake_Bonneville
gptkb:Wallula_Gap
gptkb:Dry_Falls
gptkb:Giant_current_ripples
gptkb:Lake_Lewis
gptkb:Palouse_Falls
gptkb:Lake_Allison
gptkb:Lake_Bitterroot
gptkb:Lake_Blackfoot
gptkb:Lake_Clark_Fork
gptkb:Lake_Clearwater
gptkb:Lake_Columbia
gptkb:Lake_Condon
gptkb:Lake_Flathead
gptkb:Lake_Kootenay
gptkb:Lake_Mission
gptkb:Lake_Salmon
gptkb:Lake_Seeley
gptkb:Lake_Spokane
gptkb:Lake_Swan
gptkb:Lake_Thompson
gptkb:Loess_Islands
gptkb:Potholes_Coulee
gptkb:Scablands
gptkb:Willamette_Valley_temporary_lake
Lake Pend Oreille
Coulees
Erratic boulders
Giant ripple marks
Gravel bars
gptkbp:floodsImpacted gptkb:Pacific_Northwest
gptkbp:formed gptkb:Pleistocene_epoch
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lake Missoula
gptkbp:lastFloodOccurred about 13,000 years ago
gptkbp:location gptkb:Montana
gptkbp:maximumDepth over 600 meters
gptkbp:maximumLength about 7,800 square kilometers
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Missoula,_Montana
gptkbp:numberOfFloods dozens
gptkbp:outburstFloods catastrophic
gptkbp:responsibleFor gptkb:Missoula_Floods
gptkbp:waterSource glacial meltwater
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wisconsin_glaciation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6