The Minneapolis Star-Tribune explains the geology of the Flood of 2009.
The Red River of the North flows along the bed of an ancient glacial lake, Lake Agassiz that covered northern Minnesota and stretched up into Manitoba. The bed is flat and the river meanders across it in many tight loops.
As the Wisconsinan ice sheet withdrew [...]
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