Why doesn t maryland have natural lakes?

Q3: Why are there no natural lakes in Maryland? A3: There are about a dozen major types of lakes, meaning there are about a dozen ways lakes form. None of those is found in Maryland. Some 74% of all lakes are glacial in origin, but glaciers never entered Maryland during the last Great Ice Age.



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