My geography teacher is teaching that Minnesota's lakes are man made,I thought they were formed by glaciers.

Question

He says that riveres dam to create reservoirs, but i think they are formed by glaciers. Which is correct?

Answer 1

The vast majority of Minnesota's 11,842 lakes are glacial. A small number of lakes are either man-made or natural lakes elevated with dams.

Teachers and clergy are always right. Its obviously the facts that are out of whack.

Answer 2

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My geography teacher is teaching that Minnesota's lakes are man made,I thought they were formed by glaciers.
He says that riveres dam to create reservoirs, but i think they are formed by glaciers. Which is correct?

Answer 3

Minnesota's nickname is The Land of 10,000 Lakes. These lakes were formed by glaciers. Your teacher needs to find another line of work because it is obvious he doesn't know anything about geography.

Answer 4

Probably both.

There are a great number of lakes in Minnesota and I would be willing to bet the majority were glacially formed - you can tell by examining other terrain features such as kettles and moraines which are glacial features.

There are many lakes in the US and around the world which are most certainly man made - created by damming rivers.

Answer 5

I agree with the first answer. The great majority of the lakes are probably natural. I saw a lake in North Carolina, I think it's Lake Norman, that I was told was man-made. I'm sure most are natural.

Answer 6

I am most amazed by what they are NOT teaching children in school today. The school seems more concerned with its politically correct agendas than with actual education. There are two fifth grades, and they refuse to separate them by ability. My grandson is held back to the level of the slowest kid in the class. His mind has to take trips and he loses focus. The boy is not being challenged. Then the slower students are not getting the more intense attention that they need. No one gains what they should be gaining. Grandson scores an average of two years above grade level, but is getting straight B+'s from his current teacher. He was straight A's. He is starting to complain of being bored. He also cpmplains about the teacher tightly restricting and censoring classroom discussion. He recognizes the distinct liberal bias in his Social Studies Text and class. They are reading and iscussing the Civil War, and when grandson pointed out the superior integrity and character of Robert E. Lee, comparinghim to generals of the north, the teacher got really upset. She resented him presenting facts that call the politically correct biases of the text into question. Unfortunately, I fear that the boy will become a bit of a "sleeper" until he gets to college. He told the class that the government is going to send money to their parents and grandparents in may, and that they, the kids, are going to have to pay for it when they start working, because the government has no money; it is in debt! The teacher was upset with him. WHY?

Answer 7

I know a lot of the lakes in Minnesota are the result of glaciers from the last Ice Age.

Answer 8

Unless there is a dam,it is natural.Could be any number of natural causes,not just glaciers.

Answer 9

according to what I have learned, bith in school and via the interner, I am proud to tell you that your teacher is 100 percent correct and that you are wrong.