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Valparaiso Moraine
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Valparaiso Moraine
The
Valparaiso Moraine
is a
terminal moraine
that forms an immense U around the
Lake Michigan
basin in
North America
. It is a band of high, hilly terrain made up of
glacial till
and
sand
. It begins near the border of
Wisconsin
and
Illinois
and extends south through
Lake
,
McHenry
,
Cook
,
DuPage
and
Will
counties in
Illinois
, and then turns southeast, entering
Indiana
. From this point, the moraine curves northeast through
Lake
,
Porter
, and
LaPorte
counties of Indiana into
Michigan
. It continues into Michigan as far as
Montcalm County
.
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