The Kankakee Torrent was a catastrophic flood that occurred about 19,000 calibrated years ago in the Midwestern United States. It resulted from a breach...
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boats, canoes, etc. The Kankakee River was originally formed around 16,000 years ago by an event known as the Kankakee Torrent. A glacial lake resulting...
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125,000 years old. Kankakee River State Park, located in Kankakee County, contains evidence of the catastrophic Kankakee Torrent that occurred roughly...
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Illinois state park. A flood from a melting glacier, known as the Kankakee Torrent, which took place approximately 14,000–19,000 years ago led to the...
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lakes were breached in great glacial lake outburst floods such as the Kankakee Torrent, which reshaped the landscape south of modern Chicago as far as the...
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caused by excessive rainfall, excessive snowmelt, and dam failure. The Kankakee Torrent was a catastrophic flood that occurred between 14,000 and 18,000 years...
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channel of the Illinois River was shaped in a matter of days by the Kankakee Torrent. During the melting of the Wisconsin Glacier about 10,000 years ago...
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gravels underlying the terrace on which Henry lies were deposited by the Kankakee Torrent about 19,000 BP calibrated years ago. Within the Illinois River valley...
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The Kankakee Outwash Plain is a flat plain interspersed with sand dunes in the Kankakee River valley in northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois...
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