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style="display:none">Glacial lake (former) in Teton, Montana</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Lake Chouteau</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data region"><a href="/wiki/Teton_County,_Montana" title="Teton County, Montana">Teton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span title="Geographical coordinates">Coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lake_Chouteau&params=47.812155_N_112.183268_W_region:US_type:landmark"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">47°48′44″N</span> <span class="longitude">112°11′00″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">47.812155°N 112.183268°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">47.812155; -112.183268</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lake#Types_of_lakes" title="Lake">Lake type</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Glacial_lake" title="Glacial lake">Glacial lake</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lake#Types_of_lakes" title="Lake">former</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Inflow_(hydrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Inflow (hydrology)"><span title="Primary inflows: rivers, streams, precipitation">Primary inflows</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Laurentide_Ice_Sheet" class="mw-redirect" title="Laurentide Ice Sheet">Laurentide Ice Sheet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Discharge_(hydrology)" title="Discharge (hydrology)"><span title="Primary outflows: rivers, streams, evaporation">Primary outflows</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lake_Great_Falls" title="Lake Great Falls">Lake Great Falls</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">Basin</a> countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. length</th><td class="infobox-data">about 20 miles (32 km)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. width</th><td class="infobox-data">about 5 miles (8.0 km)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_by_area" title="List of lakes by area">Surface area</a></th><td class="infobox-data">varied</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">3,500 m (11,500 ft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">References</th><td class="infobox-data note"><sup id="cite_ref-Alden1932_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alden1932-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lake Chouteau</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Glacial_lake" title="Glacial lake">glacial lake</a> formed during the late <a href="/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a> along the <a href="/wiki/Teton_River_(Montana)" title="Teton River (Montana)">Teton River</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Laurentide_Ice_Sheet" class="mw-redirect" title="Laurentide Ice Sheet">Laurentide Ice Sheet</a> retreated, water melting off the glacier accumulated between the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rocky Mountains</a> and the ice sheet. The lake drained along the front of the ice sheet, eastward towards the Judith River and the Missouri River. </p><p>The maximum advance of the Laurentide Ice Sheet blocked the drainages of north- and east-flowing rivers, forming glacial lakes along the margin of the ice. On the western Montana plains the <a href="/wiki/Shelby,_Montana" title="Shelby, Montana">Shelby</a> lobe blocked the <a href="/wiki/Milk_River_(Alberta%E2%80%93Montana)" title="Milk River (Alberta–Montana)">[Milk River</a>, creating glacial Lake Twin River. Tributaries of the <a href="/wiki/Marias_River" title="Marias River">Marias River</a> were also blocked by the Shelby lobe, leading to the formation of glacial lakes <a href="/wiki/Lake_Cut_Bank" title="Lake Cut Bank">Cutbank</a> and Choteau. The <a href="/wiki/Loma,_Montana" title="Loma, Montana">Loma</a> sublobe blocked the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_River" title="Missouri River">Missouri</a> north of the <a href="/wiki/Highwood_Mountains" title="Highwood Mountains">Highwood Mountains</a>, forming glacial <a href="/wiki/Lake_Great_Falls" title="Lake Great Falls">Lake Great Falls</a>. A lake also formed in the <a href="/wiki/Musselshell_River" title="Musselshell River">Musselshell River</a> basin.<sup id="cite_ref-Hill2006_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hill2006-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Identification">Identification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Chouteau&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Identification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scattered limestone boulders and cobbles sitting on bedrock with in the <a href="/wiki/Teton_River_(Montana)" title="Teton River (Montana)">Teton River</a> basin, east of the river outlet from the piedmont glacial lobe and west of <a href="/wiki/Choteau,_Montana" title="Choteau, Montana">Choteau</a> is evidence of several pre-<a href="/wiki/Pinedale_glaciation" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinedale glaciation">Pinedale</a> piedmont glaciations. The <a href="/wiki/Clasts" class="mw-redirect" title="Clasts">clasts</a> made up of boulders and cobbles from the limestone-rich, mountain-source and is a nonglacial [[Alluvium |alluvium]] of <a href="/wiki/Neogene" title="Neogene">Tertiary age</a> that formerly covered the bedrock surfaces.<sup id="cite_ref-Fullerton2005_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fullerton2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paleosols identified as part of the Bull Lake till units or outwash units are weakly developed. They represent two stades of a single glaciation. They are dated from the early Bull Lake lateral moraines in the <a href="/wiki/Glacier_National_Park_(U.S.)" title="Glacier National Park (U.S.)">Glacier National Park</a> at approximately 160 thousand years before present (YBP), the late Bull Lake lateral moraines are approximately 140 thousand YBP.<sup id="cite_ref-Fullerton2005_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fullerton2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Chouteau&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prehistoric_lakes" title="List of prehistoric lakes">List of prehistoric lakes</a></li> <li>Proglacial lakes of the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_River" title="Missouri River">Missouri River</a> Basin <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Cut_Bank" title="Lake Cut Bank">Lake Cut Bank</a></li> <li>Lake Chouteau</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Great_Falls" title="Lake Great Falls">Lake Great Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Musselshell" title="Lake Musselshell">Lake Musselshell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Jordan_(Montana)" title="Lake Jordan (Montana)">Lake Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Glendive" title="Lake Glendive">Lake Glendive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lake_McKenzie" title="Glacial Lake McKenzie">Lake McKenzie</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Chouteau&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Alden1932-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Alden1932_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Physiography and Glacial Geology of Eastern Montana and Adjacent Areas; William C. Alden; United States Government Printing Office: Washington, D.C.; 1932</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hill2006-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Hill2006_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Geologic Framework and Glaciation of the Central Area, 1-1-2006; Christopher L. Hill; Boise State University, Boise, Idaho; 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Fullerton2005-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Fullerton2005_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Fullerton2005_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Map Showing Spatial and Temporal Relations of Mountain and Continental Glaciations on the Northern Plains, Primarily in Northern Montana and Northwestern North Dakota; David S. Fullerton, Roger B. Colton, Charles A. Bush, and Arthur W. 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Bassano">Lake Bassano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Souris" title="Lake Souris">Lake Souris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proglacial_lakes_of_Minnesota" title="Proglacial lakes of Minnesota">Proglacial lakes of Minnesota</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/James_Bay" title="James Bay">James Bay</a> drainage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Ojibway" title="Lake Ojibway">Lake Ojibway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrrell_Sea" title="Tyrrell Sea">Tyrrell Sea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes" title="Great Lakes">Great Lakes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Champlain_Sea" title="Champlain Sea">Champlain Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Admiralty" title="Lake Admiralty">Lake Admiralty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Algonquin" title="Lake Algonquin">Lake Algonquin</a> (Multiple basins)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Arkona" title="Lake Arkona">Lake Arkona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Chicago" title="Lake Chicago">Lake Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Chippewa" title="Lake Chippewa">Lake Chippewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana_Lake" title="Dana Lake">Lake Dana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Duluth" title="Lake Duluth">Lake Duluth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Lake_Erie" title="Early Lake Erie">Early Lake Erie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Frontenac" title="Lake Frontenac">Lake Frontenac</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Houghton_(glacial)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lake Houghton (glacial) (page does not exist)">Lake Houghton (glacial)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lake_Iroquois" title="Glacial Lake Iroquois">Glacial Lake Iroquois</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Lundy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lake Lundy (page does not exist)">Lake Lundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Maumee" title="Lake Maumee">Lake Maumee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Minong" title="Lake Minong">Lake Minong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nipissing_Great_Lakes" title="Nipissing Great Lakes">Nipissing Great Lakes</a> (Multiple basins)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Early_Lake_Ontario&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Early Lake Ontario (page does not exist)">Early Lake Ontario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Saginaw" title="Lake Saginaw">Lake Saginaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Stanley" title="Lake Stanley">Lake Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Tonawanda" title="Lake Tonawanda">Lake Tonawanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Warren" title="Lake Warren">Lake Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wayne" title="Lake Wayne">Lake Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Whittlesey" title="Lake Whittlesey">Lake Whittlesey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Columbia_River" title="Columbia River">Columbia River</a> system</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Allison" title="Lake Allison">Lake Allison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lake_Columbia" title="Glacial Lake Columbia">Glacial Lake Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Lewis" title="Lake Lewis">Lake Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lake_Missoula" title="Glacial Lake Missoula">Glacial Lake Missoula</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Great_Basin" title="Great Basin">Great Basin</a> system</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Bonneville" title="Lake Bonneville">Lake Bonneville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Lahontan" title="Lake Lahontan">Lake Lahontan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Puget_Sound" title="Puget Sound">Puget Sound</a> system</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Skokomish" title="Lake Skokomish">Glacial Lake Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Nisqually" title="Lake Nisqually">Lake Nisqually</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Puyallup" title="Lake Puyallup">Lake Puyallup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lake_Russell" title="Glacial Lake Russell">Glacial Lake Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glacial_Lake_Sammamish&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Glacial Lake Sammamish (page does not exist)">Glacial Lake Sammamish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Skokomish" title="Lake Skokomish">Lake Skokomish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Upper <a href="/wiki/Missouri_River" title="Missouri River">Missouri River</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lake Chouteau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Circle" title="Lake Circle">Lake Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Cut_Bank" title="Lake Cut Bank">Lake Cut Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Glendive" title="Lake Glendive">Lake Glendive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Great_Falls" title="Lake Great Falls">Lake Great Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Jordan_(Montana)" title="Lake Jordan (Montana)">Lake Jordan (Montana)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lake_McKenzie" title="Glacial Lake McKenzie">Lake McKenzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Musselshell" title="Lake Musselshell">Lake Musselshell</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Upper <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi</a> drainage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Kankakee" title="Lake Kankakee">Lake Kankakee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kankakee_Outwash_Plain" title="Kankakee Outwash Plain">Kankakee Outwash Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lake_Wisconsin" title="Glacial Lake Wisconsin">Lake Wisconsin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River">Ohio</a> drainage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Monongahela" title="Lake Monongahela">Lake Monongahela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Tight" title="Lake Tight">Lake Tight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teays_River" title="Teays River">Teays River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson</a> valley</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Albany" title="Lake Albany">Lake Albany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Passaic" title="Lake Passaic">Lake Passaic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">New England</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lake_Cape_Cod" title="Glacial Lake Cape Cod">Lake Cape Cod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Connecticut" title="Lake Connecticut">Lake Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Hitchcock" title="Lake Hitchcock">Lake Hitchcock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Merrimack" title="Lake Merrimack">Lake Merrimack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lake_Nantucket_Sound" title="Glacial Lake Nantucket Sound">Lake Nantucket Sound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Stowe" title="Lake Stowe">Lake Stowe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Cahuilla" title="Lake Cahuilla">Lake Cahuilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Corcoran" title="Lake Corcoran">Lake Corcoran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harper_Lake" title="Harper Lake">Lake Harper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Manix" title="Lake Manix">Lake Manix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Manly" title="Lake Manly">Lake Manly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Modoc" title="Lake Modoc">Lake Modoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Mojave" title="Lake Mojave">Lake Mojave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Panamint" title="Lake Panamint">Lake Panamint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Russell_(prehistoric)" title="Lake Russell (prehistoric)">Lake Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Tecopa" title="Lake Tecopa">Lake Tecopa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Thompson_(California)" title="Lake Thompson (California)">Lake Thompson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande_rift" title="Rio Grande rift">Rio Grande rift</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Alamosa" title="Lake Alamosa">Lake Alamosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Estancia" title="Lake Estancia">Lake Estancia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Palomas" title="Lake Palomas">Lake Palomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_San_Agust%C3%ADn" title="Lake San Agustín">Lake San Agustín</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Atna" title="Lake Atna">Lake Atna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Ballivi%C3%A1n" title="Lake Ballivián">Lake Ballivián</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabana_(ancient_lake)" title="Cabana (ancient lake)">Cabana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Escara" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Escara">Lake Escara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inca_Huasi_(ancient_lake)" title="Inca Huasi (ancient lake)">Inca Huasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mataro_(ancient_lake)" title="Mataro (ancient lake)">Mataro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Minchin" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Minchin">Lake 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