Historical geography Historical geography In classical times Aetolia comprised two parts: Old Aetolia in the west, from the Achelous to the Evenus and Calydon; and New Aetolia or Acquired Aetolia in the east, from the Evenus and Calydon to the Ozolian Locrians. The country has a level and fruitful coastal region, but an unproductive and mountainous interior. The mountains contained many wild beasts, and acquired fame in Greek mythology as the scene of the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aetolia"
The Cordilleran ice sheet was a major ice sheet that covered, during glacial periods of the Quaternary, a large area of North America. This area included: ...more on Wikipedia about "Cordilleran Ice Sheet"
The Geography of Babylonia, like its ethnology and history, enclosed between the two great rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, forms but one country. The writers of antiquity clearly recognized this fact, speaking of the whole under the general name of Assyria, though Babylonia, as will be seen, would have been a more accurate designation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geography of Babylonia and Assyria"
The Laurentide ice sheet was a massive sheet of ice that covered hundreds of thousands of square miles, including most of Canada and a large portion of the northern United States, between ~ 90,000 and ~ 18,000 years before the present day. Its southern margin included the modern sites of New York City and Chicago, and then followed quite precisely the present course of the Missouri River up to the northern slopes of the Cypress Hills, beyond which it merged with the Cordilleran Ice Sheet ...more on Wikipedia about "Laurentide ice sheet"
The Patagonian Ice Sheet was a large ice sheet that covered all of Chile south of approximately present-day Puerto Montt during the Last Glacial Maximum. Some maps have the Patagonian Ice Sheet connected to the icecaps of the Altiplano by continuous glaciers all the way through Chile. ...more on Wikipedia about "Patagonian Ice Sheet"
The Pinedale Glaciation was the last of the major ice ages to appear over Eurasia and North America. The Pinedale lasted from approximately 30,000 to 10,000 years ago and was at its greatest extent between 24,000 and 20,000 years ago. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pinedale Glaciation"
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