St. Lawrence
Gulf of St. Lawernce
The Great Lakes are connected to the Gulf of Mexico by way of the Illinois River (from the Chicago River) and the Mississippi River. An alternate track is via the Illinois River (from Chicago), to the Mississippi, up the Ohio, and then through the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway(combination of a series of rivers and lakes and canals), to Mobile Bay and the Gulf. Commercial tug-and-barge traffic on these waterways is heavy.
It is like a peninsula for water. An area of water that is surrounded by much land, but is still connected to the Great Sea.
No. The Gulf of California is thousands of miles away from the Great Lakes across mountains and the the continental divide. It would be impossible for any water connection, natural or man-made, to connect the two.
Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico has a significantly higher salinity than the Great Lakes. The Gulf, being a part of the ocean, has an average salinity of around 36 parts per thousand, while the Great Lakes are freshwater bodies with salinity levels close to zero. This stark difference is due to the Gulf's connection to the ocean and the Great Lakes' status as freshwater lakes.
The St. Lawrence River flows from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawrence of the Atlantic Ocean.
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No, it does not.
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It reached from the Appalachians in the east to the Rockies in the west, and from the Great Lakes in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south.
Iowa is not connected to the Gulf of Mexico.