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xkcd #3221: Landscape Features

Title text:

'Well, there's speculation that it's due to a mantle hotspot.' --a geologist who's trying to cover up the fact that they didn't hear your question

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3221/

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[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The driftless region of MN and WI being shaped by rivers isn't... inaccurate, I suppose. More like "rivers due to nearby glaciers" which isn't quite the same thing.

[–] protist@retrofed.com 4 points 1 week ago

Many rivers begin with glaciers. The Colorado, Mississippi, and Rio Grande, for example, still receive glacier melt to this day