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Where is glacial Lake Missoula said to have formed?
Quick Answer
It formed in what is now western Montana, United States. The lake existed behind an ice dam during the last Ice Age.
The Full Story
Glacial Lake Missoula formed in present-day western Montana during the last Ice Age. It was created when an ice dam blocked the Clark Fork River and allowed a massive proglacial lake to build up. When the ice dam failed, the lake drained catastrophically, sending floodwaters across the Pacific Northwest. These repeated outburst floods helped shape the Channeled Scablands.
Key Facts
1.Located in western Montana
2.Formed behind an ice dam
3.Source of repeated Ice Age megafloods
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