Moraines Moraines - Moraine, Valparaiso Moraine, Withrow Moraine and Jameson Lakmoraine, Valparaiso Moraine, Withrow Moraine and Jameson Lake Drumlin Field, Leaf Hills Moraines, Kettlebowl, Terminal Me Drumlin Field, Leaf Hills Moraines, Kettlebowl, Terminal Moraine (Paperback)

Chapters: Moraine, Valparaiso Moraine, Withrow Moraine and Jameson Lake Drumlin Field, Leaf Hills Moraines, Kettlebowl, Terminal Moraine, Kettle Moraine, Push Moraine, Moraine-Dammed Lake, Tinley Moraine, Washboard Moraine, Moraine Fjord. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Valparaiso Moraine is a terminal moraine around the Lake Michigan basin in North America. It is a band of high, hilly terrain made up of glacial till and sand that reaches an elevation of near 300 feet above the level of Lake Michigan at its maximum height in Indiana and 17 miles wide at its maximum width in Indiana. It may be higher or wider in other states. It was formed during the Crown Point Phase of the Wisconsin Glaciation. At this time the glacier covering the area had grown thin, so it was restrained by the dolomite rock layers of the Lake Michigan basin. Where the glacier stopped, glacial till and sand was deposited, creating the hills of the moraine. After the Valparaiso Moraine was formed, the glacier retreated and formed the Tinley Moraine. Many towns in northwest Indiana and northeast Illinois are named after the Valparaiso Moraine or the Tinley Moraine. Also, many small creeks or rivers start in the Valparaiso Moraine. The moraine itself was named after the city of Valparaiso, Indiana, where the moraine is narrower and higher than in other places. The Valparaiso Moraine forms part of the St. Lawrence Seaway Divide and the Great Lakes Drainage Basin. Water on one side of the moraine flows into Lake Michigan, through the Great Lakes, and eventually into the Atlantic Ocean, and water on the other side flows into the Kankakee River which flows into the Mississippi River, which eventually flows into the Gulf of Mexico. The Valparaiso Moraine formed as the first ma...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1533606