Following the last ice age, sea levels rose, flooding the valley, forming Pittwater and creating the island.

Evidence of the latter would since have been covered by a sea level rise of a hundred meters following the last ice age.

He has also studied the way in which mesolithic hunter-gatherer populations in Britain adapted to climate changes following the last ice age.

The river follows a fault which became a spillway for glacial meltwater following the last ice age.

Evidence of the latter has been covered by a sea level rise of hundreds of metres following the last ice age.

The surface area of Finland is growing by about 7 sq km a year due to uplift following the last ice age.

The plants are believed to be a mutation or sport of the white trout lily (Erythronium albidum) and evolved following the most recent ice age.

Below these falls, the river flows through an extensive floodplain created by an ancient predecessor that flowed through this region following the last ice age.

Genetic research suggests that the earliest settlers migrated from Iberia following the most recent ice age.

Through a combination of erosion of the weaker surrounding rock, and sea level rise following the last ice age, the Farnes were left as islands.