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period dating back over two million years ago, glaciation advancing and retreating repeatedly scoured the landscape leaving deposits of rock debris. The last glacial retreat in the Alpine Lakes area began about 14,000 years ago and was north of the Canada–US border by 10,000 years ago. The U-shaped
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walls spotted with over 700 mountain lakes. Geological events occurring many years ago created the diverse topography and drastic elevation changes over the
Cascade Range leading to the various climate differences. These climate differences lead to vegetation variety defining the
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in combination with glaciation have been the dominant processes which have created the tall peaks and deep valleys of the Alpine Lakes
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The history of the formation of the
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808:North American 1000 m summits
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468:about 50 million years ago.
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598:"Kaleetan Peak, Washington"
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575:References
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313:Washington
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125:Geography
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