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Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are a group of five lakes (the largest in the world) located on the border of the northeastern US and Canada. The Great Lakes include: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario.
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Which Continent has the most lakes?
they are all located on different continents.
1. Caspian
Asia and Europe
2. Superior
North America
3. Victoria
Africa
4. Aralb
Asia
5. Huron
North America
What great lake has the shortest shoreline?
Of Course it is Lake Huron with 7000 sq miles. Another thing Lake Erie is the shortest with only 689 sq miles.
How was the great lakes and st lawerence lowland region made?
It was formed by the actions of glaciers scraping away and redepositing material on landscape.
Why are the Great Lakes important to the US?
The Great Lakes provide shipping as far west as Duluth Minnesota. They link the Midwest and the Atlantic. Duluth has the distinction as being the largest inland international seaport in the world. And it has alot of waterrr....
Where do all the great lakes empty into?
They flow into the St Lawrence River, that flows into the Atlantic Ocean, near New Brunswick.
What r the names of the 5 great lakes?
The five Great Lakes in order from the largest to the smallest Surface area are:
- Lake Superior : 31,700 sq mi (82,000 km2)
- Lake Huron : 23,010 sq mi (59,600 km2)
- Lake Michigan : 22,400 sq mi (58,000 km2)
- Lake Erie : 9,940 sq mi (25,700 km2)
- Lake Ontario : 7,540 sq mi (19,500 km2)
And according to Water volume:
- Lake Superior : 2,900 cu mi (12,000 km3)
- Lake Michigan : 1,180 cu mi (4,900 km3)
- Lake Huron : 849 cu mi (3,540 km3)
- Lake Ontario : 393 cu mi (1,640 km3)
- Lake Erie : 116 cu mi (480 km3)
These freshwater lakes are in central North America, creating a natural border between the United States and Canada. With a combined surface area of 208,610 km2 (80,545 sq mi), together they share the largest body of freshwater in the world, i.e., they hold almost 21 percent of the world's surface fresh water.
You can easily recall them by simply remembering the acronym 'HOMES': Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior. Another way to recall them is by "Super Man Helps Every One". Super- Superior, Man- Michigan, Helps- Huron, Every- Erie, One- Ontario
What caused the formation of the Great Lakes?
Glacers over the land near Michigan and Ontario that Melted over time creating these massive lakes.
what benefits resulted from the relationship of the french and the native americans in great lake sand st.lawrence river region
Why is it important to keep the great lakes clean?
The Great Lakes are a valuable resource for the people living around them. All fresh water resources need to be kept unpolluted and clean. People fish, boat, swim, camp, and live around the water in the lakes and pollution kills animals, people, and bird/ water life.
What is the second largest of the great lakes?
Lake Michigan is second largest in cubic miles of water volume.
Lake Huron is second largest in square miles of surface area.
Lake Superior is second largest in miles of coastline. Lake Superior is second largest in square miles of land drainage area. Lake Michigan is second in maximum depth. Lake Ontario is second in average depth.
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Which great lake borders Wisconsin?
Lake Michigan borders Wisconsin to the east and Lake Superior to the North.
What is the third largest great lake?
Lake Huron
With 22,400 sq mi the third largest of the 5 great lakes is Lake Michigan. In order they are:
1) Lake Superior 31,820 sq mi
2) " Huron 23,010 " "
3) " Michigan 22,400 " "
4) " Erie 9,940 " "
5) " Ontario 7,540 " "
What are the 5 great lakes in order?
The Great Lakes, which in part border parts of Canada, border all of the USA. In alphabetical order their names are:
Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Superior.
Can bull sharks live in the great lakes Yes most can like in Lake Erie.?
Probably not. The temperature range of the bull shark is pretty high, and the claims of sharks are unsubstantiated and even occasionally fabricated. If a bull shark happened to enter the Great Lakes, the cold water would probably kill it within a while after entering the lake.
How do you remember the 5 great lakes?
just think that if every other letter in the names of the 5 great lakes were gone it would spell out HOMES Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior.
also, just to remember the names is Super Monkeys Hate Eating Onions
From west to east, Super Man Helps Everyone Out
Which great lake lies in the us?
Lake Michigan is the only one of the Great Lakes completely within the US.
