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in Seneca, County. The crest of the moraine is 850 to 860 feet above sea level and varies from two to five miles in width with an asymmetrical form, rising abruptly from the till plain on the south and descending gradually to the north so the boundary is indistinct.
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The moraine nearly encircles Geauga County on the west, north, and east flanks in a belt that is 1 to 2 miles wide with 10 to 30 feet of relief.
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The moraine is a noteworthy landform in several counties across the state in addition to Defiance County, including
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and spans the northern portion of the state of Ohio from
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was deposited about 14,800 years ago during the late
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Wisconsin glaciation
Defiance, Ohio
Pymatuning Reservoir
Lake Maumee
Putnam
Hancock
Seneca
Lorain
Medina
Cuyahoga
Geauga
Trumbull
Ashtabula
Alvada, Ohio
Black River
New London
Lodi
"Encyclopedia of Cleveland History:GEOLOGY & NATURAL RESOURCES"
"Landforms of Ohio"
cite web
link
"Physiographic Regions of Ohio"
"Glacial Map of Ohio"
"THE PLEISTOCENE GEOLOGY OF THE FOSTORIA QUADRANGLE"
"History of Five River Valleys"
"GLACIAL GEOLOGY OF GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO"
"Ohio Geology Interactive Map"
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Geological history of the Great Lakes

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