Big Stone Lake

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Big Stone Lake, narrow lake, c.25 mi (40 km) long, on the Minn.–S.Dak. line. Located in the outlet channel of glacial Lake Agassiz Agassiz, Lake, glacial lake of the Pleistocene epoch, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, 250 mi (400 km) wide, formed by the melting of the continental ice sheet some 10,000 years ago; covered much of present-day NW Minnesota, NE North Dakota, S Manitoba, and SW Ontario.
..... Click the link for more information. , it is the source of the Minnesota River and serves as a storage reservoir for the Minnesota Valley.

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No references found			Carbon dating of sediments recently dug from the bottoms of Big Stone Lake and Traverse Lake in Minnesota suggest that Lake Agassiz' northwestern outlet was active for no more than 400 years. Once upon a lake: the life, times, and demise of the world's largest ... by Perkins, Sid / Science News			big LEO system big M method Big Mother Big Muddy National Fish & Wildlife Refuge Big Oak Tree State Park Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge Big Pocono State Park Big Rapids Big Red Switch Big Ridge State Park Big River State Forest Big Room Big Run State Park Big Shoals State Park Big Singing Big Sioux Big Sioux Recreation Area Big Six Mile Creek Marina State Park Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area Big Spring Big Spring State Park Big Stick Policy Big Stone County Big Stone Island Nature Area Big Stone Lake Big Stone Lake State Park Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge Big Sugar Creek State Park Big Sur Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 Big Talbot Island State Park Big Thicket National Preserve Big Top big tree Big Valley, The big vein big win big-bang theory big-endian Big-endians Big-headed Turtle BIG-LAN biga Bigamy Bigeev, Zagir Bigelow Hollow State Park & Nipmuck State Forest Bigelow, Erastus Bigelow, Henry B. Bigelow, Jacob Bigelow, John			Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area Big South Fork Scenic Railway Big South Television Network Big Southern Nysh Bypass big spender Big Spring Big Spring Education Association Big Spring High School Big Spring State Hospital Big Spring State Park Big Spring Watershed Association Big Spring, Texas Big Springs Public Library Big Steal big stick big stick Big stick Diplomacy Big Stick Policy Big Stone County Big Stone County, Minnesota Big Stone County, MN Big Stone Island Nature Area Big Stone Lake Big Stone Lake State Park Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge Big Stuff-Eating Grin Big Sugar Creek State Park Big Suites of Polls Big Sun Youth Soccer League Big Sur Big Sur Big Sur Arts Initiative Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 Big Sur Environmental Institute Big Sur International Marathon Big Sur Land Trust Big Sur Ornithology Lab Big Sur, CA Big Sur, CA Big Sur, California Big Sur, California Big Talbot Island Big Talbot Island State Park Big Talk Theory of the Origin of Life Big Team Battle Big Telescope Alt-azimuthal Big Ten Burrito Big Ten Credit Union Conference Big Ten Network big tent

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