[DOC] [TLE] Geological History and Glacial Formation of the Finger Lakes - Life ... [PAR] Ice sheets extended from Canada south and covered all of New York, with the ... 
Eskers are long narrow ridges formed by a stream flowing in an ice tunnel or on 
the ... The Finger Lakes were produced with the damming of these valleys. ... this 
land after it had dammed the primitive rivers and transformed them into lakes,... [DOC] [TLE] Adirondack Park Geology - Adirondack Park Agency - New York State [PAR] Hence, the Adirondacks are "new mountains from old rocks. ... After the glacier 
melted, these riverbed sediments were deposited on the landscape as ... Soil is 
made up of four components: mineral and rock particles, decayed organic ... 
Lakes and ponds were formed as ice debris dammed river valleys; as dams 
broke, sand... [DOC] [TLE] Glaciers carve land and move sediments. - ClassZone [PAR] depositing them in ... glacier p. 281 till p. 284 moraine p. 284 kettle lake p. 285. 
KEY CONCEPT ... But think about ... On a mountain, the weight of a heavy mass 
of ice causes it to flow ... breaking up rock and carrying and pushing away the 
resulting sediment. ... of these glaciers is shaped like a wide dome over the land. [DOC] [TLE] The Great Ice Age in Vermont - Middlebury College: Community ... [PAR] 8,000 feet, for glacial phenomena appear on the mountains up to this elevation. 
... The Labrador sheet covered eastern Canada, New England, New York, and ... 
and in them the ice-sheets were melted back to varying degrees, and animal and 
..... A long glacial lake formed in the valley of the Black River and extended. [DOC] [TLE] lake - Basins formed by glaciation | physical feature | Britannica.com [PAR] Jan 29, 2016 ... The Finger Lakes of New York State are dammed by an end ... Many of them are 
interconnected with short streams and may contain narrow ... sea level) lakes are 
found in basins formed by glacial action in long ... These lakes were formed 
through glacial scouring of existing .... 7 Lakes That Are Drying Up. [DOC] [TLE] Glacier - Wikipedia [PAR] A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own 
weight; ... Because glacial mass is affected by long-term climactic changes, e.g., 
precipitation, ... Narrow, fast-moving sections of an ice sheet are called ice 
streams. ..... One of these fields is found east of Rochester, New York; it is 
estimated to... [DOC] [TLE] ES eText Unit 4 Chapter 12 Glaciers.pdf - Wellsville Central School [PAR] 1 What evidence of glaciation can be observed in New York. State? ... caused by 
glaciers and by meltwater? ... HOW DID SCIENTISTS DISCOVER THAT 
GLACIERS ONCE COVERED ... These boulders were much too high and too 
large to have been moved ... They flow because solid ice responds to long-term 
stress by. [DOC] [TLE] Ballston Lake: A river ran through it | The Altamont Enterprise [PAR] Nov 13, 2013 ... Long, narrow, straight lakes are common in areas that once lay under glaciers. ... 
are partially dammed up by the glacial sediment known as moraine. ... But the 
river abandoned the valley, leaving the quiet lake as a reminder of how the 
melting Continental glacier altered the landscape of New York State. [DOC] [TLE] Glaciers - Teacher Friendly Guide to Geology [PAR] the glaciers on the high peaks of the Adirondacks and New England mountains 
tell us that ... depth greater than 30 meters, ice flow occurs, causing subsequent 
... the glacier moved were often eroded and ground-up into very fine sediment 
and ..... Ontario Lowlands, as well as the once-flooded Mohawk River Valley 
south of. [DOC] [TLE] Back Roads Geology | Page 3 | The Altamont Enterprise [PAR] Hoodoos eroding out of a glacial drift on the Normanskill at Ghost Fire Bend. .... 
more of them, ranging in height from a couple of yards to 20 or 30 feet, but these 
... To get a better idea of nature's inventive sculpting talents, one must hike up 
one of the ..... Long, narrow, straight lakes are

Question: These long, narrow New York lakes were once rivers but glaciers caused them to be dammed up
Answer: Finger Lakes