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I have lived here in MI for 4 years. I have lived up and down the east coast previously. I am used to the Appalachians and the Shenandoahs, the Catskills and the Blueridge mountains. I never expected the hills that I have come to know here.
After asking many people I have gotten 2 different answers. What say you? How were the hills in NE Michigan formed? |
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Glaciers, that is what I have been told
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wwwwoooooowwwwww you are all wrong, give me a break! We all know they were formed when paul bunyon was forced to dig out the great lakes for drinking water. When he was digging the giant holes thats where he threw the dirt. Glaciers.. pfft
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The glaciers have are a factor in the groundwater too. One well can be 300 foot. One right next door can be 50 foot. The water quality is also different in just a small distance.
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Glaciers pushed sediment and would stop. There are ways to look at the hills and see where they stopped and where they began. Also, MI used to be under two lakes at different times in its formation, that is why petoskey stones are what they look like.
Michigan is also a basin. You have differing levels of elevation that bottoms out around Mt. Pleasant area. If you want an elevation difference, go to the UP. You will enter the Canadian Shield and you have physical changes due to the elevation. Our only mountains are in the western UP, but are really big hills. |
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I live not too far from Boyne Mt. I looked at that and said, "Mountain, huh?" Looked like a bunny trail to me. Well, the 2 theories that I heard 1) Glaciers 2) Meteors. Actually they both made sense to me not having lived here before. Thanks to all of you for your replies. Glaciers it is! |
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