List of prehistoric lakes

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This a partial list of prehistoric lakes.

Contents 1 North America 2 Europe 3 South America 4 Asia 5 Africa 6 See also

[edit] North America

• In North America, where the Great Lakes are now:
  • Glacial Lake Algonquin at Lake Huron
  • Lake Stanley at Lake Huron
  • Glacial Lake Chicago at the southern portion of Lake Michigan
  • Glacial Lake Duluth at Lake Superior
  • Glacial Lake Minong at Lake Superior
  • Glacial Lake Maumee at Lake Erie
  • Lake Chippewa at Lake Michigan
  • Glacial Lake Iroquois at Lake Ontario
• Elsewhere in North America:
  • Lake Peace in Aberta and British Columbia
  • Lake Edmonton in Alberta
  • Lake Agassiz in Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Minnesota, North Dakota
  • Lake Bonneville in Utah and Idaho and Nevada
  • Glacial Lake Columbia
  • Lake Lahontan in Nevada
  • Lake Manly covered Death Valley
  • Glacial Lake McConnell in Alberta, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan
  • Glacial Lake Missoula in Montana
  • Glacial Lake Ojibway in eastern Canada
  • Glacial Lake Passaic in New Jersey
  • Glacial Lake Regina
  • Glacial Lake Saginaw
  • Glacial Lake Tight, named for William G. Tight
  • Glacial Lake Tonawanda in New York state
  • Glacial Lake Wisconsin in Wisconsin

[edit] Europe

• • Baltic ice lake, Ancylus Lake, freshwater periods of the Baltic Sea
  • Lake Harrison in the Midlands in England
  • Lake Lapworth in Shropshire in England
  • Lake Pickering between the North York Moors and the Yorkshire Wolds in England
  • Ebro endorheic lake system, in the Ebro Basin, (Spain)
  • Duero endorheic lake system, in the Duero Basin, (Spain)

[edit] South America

• • Lake Ballivián in South America, covered the Altiplano in the Andes

[edit] Asia

• • Lake Komi, a proglacial lake formed in the vicinity of the present-day Russian Komi Republic.
  • West Siberian Glacial Lake

[edit] Africa

• • Lake Makgadikgadi in the Kalahari Desert in Africa

[edit] See also

• List of lakes