Sunday, March 23, 2014

Glacial Waters

Glacial Waters
 “The Great Lakes began to form at the end of the last glacial period around 10,000 years ago, as retreating ice sheets carved basins into the land and they became filled with melt water.”(Great Lakes p.1) Michigan lobe began to retreat and melt into the fill-ins. The great lakes are a major water source for the Calumet area. The great lakes include the Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior. An easy way to remember the great lakes is the word “HOMES” each letter stands for one of the 5 lakes. The great lakes connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence Seaway, and they also contain 21% of the world’s surface fresh water (Great Lakes p.1)



Teays River
Teays River was a pre-glacial river that flowed before Pleistocene Ice age 2.5 million years ago. The river covered Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. During the last Ice age the river always wiped out. The river also created several lakes due to over flow. “What killed the Teays River and gave birth to Ohio River were the retreated Southward advances of mile-thick ice sheets.”(Teays River p.1)



Ground Water

Groundwater is the water that flows the earth's surface and soil. Soil water flows a lot slower than surface water. Aquifers produce 2/3 of the populations' drinking water in the calumet region. (Indiana Geological Survey p.1)

Work Cited

"Great Lakes." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 05 Jan. 2014. Web. 19 Mar. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes>.

"Indiana Geological Survey." Indiana Geological Survey. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2014. <http://igs.indiana.edu/FossilsAndTime/LakeMichigan.cfm>.

"Teays River." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 15 Mar. 2014. Web. 23 Mar. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teays_River>.
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