Can you drink water from the great lakes?
No. Well, may be in the lakes higher up, but from Lake Ontario - a big no-no. Water is so bad that it is even dangerous to swim in it. Level of E. coli bacteria is usually pretty high.
What 2 countries share the Great Lakes?
Canada and the United States are the only two countries to border the five Great Lakes. They are situated on the border between the two nations, though some are further in one country than the other.
What type of water is found in the great lakes?
SHOEM That is Superior, Huron, Ontario, Erie and Michegan. SHOEM That is Superior, Huron, Ontario, Erie and Michigan.
What phrase describes the Great Lakes?
The biggest one is lake Superior
You can identify them by using HOMES
They have many islands within them
What are the names of the five great lakes between Canada and the us?
Lake Superior and Lake Michigan both flow into Lake Huron, which flows into Lake Erie, which flows into Lake Ontario.
What is the name of the great lakes in the US?
Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie and Ontario are partly in the USA and partly in Canada.
Lake Michigan is said to be entirely within the USA. However, it is also said that Lakes Michigan and Huron are, hydrologically, one body of water. If so, none of the Great Lakes would be entirely within the USA.
What out the names of the five lakes that make up the great lakes?
Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario.
What is so bad about the round goby?
yes except if its in a new area other than the Great Lakes and the Black and Caspian sea (its origin) and if it is in a new place, call USGS
Will the great lakes ever dry up?
because the air and things with the weather dry up the water and put it either into other lakes or in to the ocean and then it leaves the lake dried up with more water and then it rains and the lakes either overflow or regain more water kinda like a ocean/lake water cycle.
What great lakes are connected to New York city?
There is No great lake directly connected to New York city. They are all several hundred miles away to the north. For a boat to sail from the great lakes to New York city, they either have to travel south from the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Hudson river to NYC. Or they have to travel east along the Erie Canal from Buffalo to Albany, then take the Hudson river to NYC.
Is the Mediterranean sea larger than the great lakes of north America?
The Mediterranean is much larger then Lake Superior -- the Mediterranean Sea is 970,000 square miles. Lake Superior is 49,000 sq miles, making the Sea more than 19 times the size of Lake Superior. All the Great Lakes together don't approach the size of the Mediterranean.
After water from Lake Erie flows over Niagara Falls into which Great lake does it flow?
The Niagara River flows from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario.
What countries surround the great lakes?
The Great Lakes is surrounded by two countries, Canada and United States.
What connects the great lakes to the Atlantic ocean?
The St. Lawrence Seaway connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean for commercial shipping.
What is the largest US city on the great lakes?
minnesota; Minnesota is a state... not a city. Chicago, IL is the largest I've found with 234 square miles. It's located off Lake Michigan.
What is the deepest of the great lakes?
The deepest of the Great Lakes is Lake Superior.
deepest pointSuperior=1,333 ft.Michigan=923 ft.
Huron=750 ft.
Erie =210 ft.
Ontario= 802 ft.
What is the landforms of great lakes st Lawrence lowlands?
The Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Lowland is the smallest region in Canada.
All of the people's jobs in this region depend on geography.
Once, it was covered in pine forest, birch, hemlock, and maple trees but most of this land has been cleared for the use of farmland.
Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio are the five Great Lake states, and are arranged around the lakes.