Ice Age Trivia–

Extent of Glaciation, North America, Wisconsin Period

Solid Line: Approximate extent of glaciation during last (Wisconsin) ice age- 18,000 yrs ago.

Dotted Line: Approximate extent of earlier glaciations.

Increased cold and glaciation create drought in other areas, causing desertification. My home state of Iowa was shaped by glaciation. I grew up in the Loess Hills of Western Iowa, a gift from the last couple of ice ages.

See here:

Geology of the Loess Hills, Iowa

I was born right about… there!

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