Holocene North America

dormant stratovolcano in Saint Kitts and Nevis

mountain in Saint Kitts and Nevis

stratovolcano on Sint Eustatius, the Caribbean Netherlands

valley in Idaho, United States

species of bird (fossil)

hotspot

mountain in Canada

The Neopluvial was a phase of wetter and colder climate that occurred during the late Holocene in the Western United States. During the Neopluvial, water levels in a number of now-dry lakes and closed lakes such as the Great Salt Lake rose and vegetation changed in response to increased precipitation. The event was not exactly synchronous everywhere, with neopluvial lake-level rises occurring between 6,000 and 2,000 years ago. It is correlative to the Neoglacial period.