Posted on 05/27/2013 5:27:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The formation of the Teays River took place about five million years ago during the Tertiary period of the Cenozoic era, after the age of the dinosaurs. Tucked away securely inland, and no longer buffeted by waves or crashing continents, the plains of Ohio and the craggy peaks of the nearby Appalachian Mountains were most profoundly impacted by the power of running water... the water flowed south to north, east to west until it found its ultimate outlet in the young Gulf of Mexico, which had lapped up over several southern states in a thick finger that traces today’s Mississippi River channel. Over time, the Teays River widened and deepened its channel, and at the height of its glory, the sprawling watercourse varied from one to two miles wide, with depths ranging up to 500 feet deep.
...Ohio had drifted into temperate latitudes, but the climate was still warmer than today, with little seasonal variation... Herds of the ancestors of today’s grassland grazers, like zebras and horses, shared the savannah with camels and rhinoceros. Fabled creatures like sabertooth cats, giant bears and mastodons would have dwelt nearby in the forest primeval.
The demise of the Teays started almost two million years ago at the dawn of the Pleistocene era when, in response to the cooling of the earth’s climate, continental glaciers slowly migrated south from Canada. When the mile-thick glacier reached the vicinity of present-day Chillicothe, it acted as an enormous dam that blocked the flow of the Teays and flooded the area. The result was a large lake, 900 feet deep and 7,000 square miles in area (nearly two-thirds the size of Lake Erie) in parts of southern Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.
(Excerpt) Read more at dnr.state.oh.us ...
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Beautifully written, almost mythical in its prose.
Interesting anecdote about the lost goose.
Definitely.
named after Teays , WV. looked that one up. ;-]
If you liked that, be sure to read “In Suspect Terrain” or “Basin and Range” by John McPhee.
Very interesting article!
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Thank you.
CC
They can't make it clearer than that. Climate change is here to stay or the only constant is climate change.
Teays, just a town in West Virginia, far, far away.
I hope I remembered to point out the FReeper who linked it so I’d see it.
Quit makin’ so much sense, yer makin’ people look bad!
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Ice sheets can sure leave a mess behind..
I grew up in heavily morained and morassed country to, the glaciers ripped it up pretty good there too, yup.
Minniesoda has over 10,000 lakes for a reason, reckun there’d be less if Teays had reached a little further north and east... or there might only be 3 great lakes.. ya never know.. oh vell, next ice age. ;-)
Interesting.
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