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meaning like, was it the northern united states that were covered...or was it half of the united states that were covered? or just tell me what states were covered in ice during the recent ice age. please dnt say 'just try Wikipedia'. I really need this answer fast

2007-02-05 03:45:18 · 3 answers · asked by sand_illusions 4 in Science & Mathematics Geography

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all except hawii and mexico states

2007-02-05 03:48:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

I guess it depends on which Ice Age you are referring to, exactly:

"At the peak of the last glaciation, approximately 97% of Canada was covered by ice. Animals and plants that once lived in glaciated regions survived in refuges in Alaska and the Yukon, possibly on Banks Island, and in the northern United States. Probably the thickest ice (approximately 3,300 m) occurred over Hudson Bay. "

"During the Great Ice Age, or Pleistocene Epoch, which began about 2 million years ago, large portions of Canada and the Northern United States were blanketed by the continental ice sheet. ... Much of the rich soil of the Midwest is glacial in origin, and the drainage patterns of the Ohio River and the position of the Great Lakes were influenced by the ice. The effects of the glaciers can be seen in the stony soil of some areas, the hilly land surfaces dotted with lakes, the scratched and grooved bedrock surfaces, and the long, low ridges composed of sand and gravel which formed at the front of the ice sheet. "

2007-02-05 05:27:35 · answer #2 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 1 0

the northern tier of the US was covered in ice, extending southward to the middle of Virginia.

2007-02-05 09:11:36 · answer #3 · answered by Mike B 1 · 0 0

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